Posted by CB in central NY on September 29, 2014 at 08:48:29 from (216.81.94.71):
Good morning, all.
I have a 1990 VW Jetta GL (gas) with 160000 miles. The car belonged to my dad who passed away last year and it sat in the garage for about 18 months. I am trying to fix it up and sell it (to drive or for parts).
Problem: when I start it, it runs rough, and it gets worse as the engine warms up. After a while, the idle starts getting erratic and eventually the engine stalls. The other strange thing is that the catalytic converter and part of the muffler pipe towards the back start glowing cherry-red.
I made sure to put some fresh gas and some "dry gas / injector cleaner" in the tank. I checked the distributor, plugs, wires, coil, etc. - all OK. I vacuumed out whatever debris the mice brought in to the air pathway. I took off the cat and tried to clean it out with an air compressor. There does not SEEM to be an obstruction anywhere. I even tried to adjust the idle up a little.
Before I put it out there as a parts car, I was wondering if anyone had any other ideas. Thanks in advance.
To keep this tractor-related, I used my Ford 2910 to push it into the barn...
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