[Vwdiesel] weird slow-down

[TexasTDI]

"I was driving along in East Texas on the way back to Dallas..."

You drove right through my neighborhood.  I live in Whitehouse, a little
town just south of Tyler.  Right in the heart of East Texas.  }:o)

Chris Thornton
1991 VW Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 237k miles
2000 VW Golf 1.9TDI (turbo diesel) - 82k miles
Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500
http://www.amsoil.com
http://texastdi.com/6/ubb.x

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shalyn Shourds" <sshourds at flash.net>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 8:44 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] weird slow-down


> I just finished a 2000 mile road trip in the '85 Jetta TD.  Ran fine
> aside from a flat tire and one symptom I've never had.  I was driving
> along in East Texas on the way back to Dallas and it was just like in
> Star Trek where the alien ship releases a cloud of ionized plasma, the
> Enterprise's warp bubble collapes, and they can't do better than
> impulse.  I couldn't go over hills faster than 60 mph and over the flat
> at more than 70.  I know they're not the fastest cars out there but.....
>  Temperature was going up, too.
>
> Did that for about 20 minutes and then it caught the draft from a
> passing pickup and just took off like normal.  I did find a rear wheel
> bearing that was very loose when I got back, but no other obvious
> faults.  I'm going to buy a new fuel filter, but I can't think of
> anything else that would dog it down like that.  Any ideas?
>
> -Shalyn
>
> '85 Jetta TD
> '65 190Dc Eternal project