I have an 82 rabbit pickup and it keeps getting slower every time I drive it. I can barely keep it at 60mph now. I know it's capable of it, yesterday it had more power than it had ever had the whole time I've owned it. I could accelerate up a slight incline in 5th. Now I can't even do it in 4th.
It seems like theres more power at partial throttle than full throttle. It feels like the more I push down on the pedal, the slower it goes.
any ideas?
thanks guys.
Does the fuel filter need changed? Does it make more smoke?
no smoke, and it has been changed recently
I'm going to try cleaning the lines and injectors this weekend, see if that clears things up.
I did add some diesel power? stuff, it may have knocked some sludge out. I'm almost 100% certain the lines and injectors have never been cleaned in its 178k miles. I bet the injection pump could use some timing as well.
is it getting harder to start as well?
it's hard to start when it's warm, when it's cold, no problems, starts right up.
well, I cleaned out the solid lines to the injectors, the injectors themselves, and replaced the return lines (rubber w/ mesh)
definitely has more power, but I still keep running into a brickwall when going up hills. I know I'm not supposed to expect much from the little 1.6NA, but it's not a gradual loss of power, it's a sudden loss of power.
I think I'm going to get the GreaseWorks.org viton hose kit, and drop the tank, totally scrub the inside of the tank, fix the fuel sender, clean the mesh, and brakleen/blow out all the solid lines and see what happens. Also install my tach so I can safely (to me) take off the rev limiter.