Re: Back to the stallig & clutch thingy. (long (archive)

Yes, I know it's an odd thing to sugggest, but I did have it happen to me, and it makes sense. It's the simple stuff that causes problems many times. Plus, it's cheap to fix, and if that doesn't make a difference, then you can go on to other things.

I know what you mean about what garages say when they find out the car has performance items on it.
It's because they don't know what to do to begin with, and very often because the parts have been added without regard for how well they'll work with the rest of the engine. The engine with "performance" mods often ends up running worse than the stock one.

Coming through Chicago, you can try to plan a stop at Ben Thongsai's shop in Maywood, which is right off the Eisenhower expressway. Try to e-mail him at ben@bimmers.com to set up a visit. Tell him I sent ya...a stop there is worth it... If he takes a day or two to answer, it's because he is a busy guy.

Keep us posted,

vince

Weird. Maybe I will ask my mechanic about that, but to be honest, I trust this guy (though he can be a grumpy bastard), I would assume he would have thought of this (he said he son rebuilt 3 02s...). (mind you, I could be putting the "ass" back in assume.)

You have no idea how much @#$! garages have given me when they find out there's performance stuff on the car.

I want to come through Chicago, one of my girlfriends lives there. The route is still up in the air, but once I am on the road, I sort of would like to motor straight through, ya know. (I am goin home to see my folks for a little while � time is a factor).

Rebecca

Rebecca,

I mentioned the clutch flushing and bleeding because you may not be getting enough pressure through your clutch. If that's the case, because of that, your clutch will not release completely, causing the problems you mention. Yeah, I know it's simple!

I've been through the Rockies, and above 14,000 feet in my '74 tii. Your car will lose some power in the high altitudes. You are right about many of the shops in your area not being familiar with these older cars and how to tune them. If you're coming through Chicago, I can recommend a shop that will be able to correctly tune your car.

vince

Thanks for all the answers to my questions!!! I love this board (seems like there are many new people here, great).

No one really answered this question though...

When I come to a fairly quick stop, the engine dies/stalls. Clutch is in, and downshifting is a pain/difficult with the way the syncros are. What's up with that? Why does the engine stall like that?

Anyone ever driven the "Going to the Sun" highway in monatana??? Heard it is amazing. Has anyone driven their cars in the mountain (rockies). I drove to from Calgary to Vancouver a few years ago in a fuel injected jetta. The car struggled some through the higher passes, and I am wondering how a 25 year old 02 might function in a similar situation. Previous owner of my car tricked it out a touch with a shrick cam, and the weber etc... this performance stuff tends to make my car a pain in the ass to get fixed/keep running smoothly and it seems to need more tending to than a more "stock" 02. I think my problem is that I am living in an area where no one drives these cars...

Follow Ups:

Flushing/bleeding was already done (more) Rebecca B 12:51 7/23/2001 (1)
- Just a wild guess but has the car sat a while??? Tkent02 13:50 7/23/2001 (0)

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