Re: Problem #4,278,461,135 in the past three months (manbastard)
If the engine is reving, but the car isnt accelerating to match the revs, id say its either something internal in the re-built tranny or a slipping clutch. It could be either mis-adjusted, not installed correctly, or the rear main seal could be puking oil into the bell housing and on the clutch disk.. I usually replace the main seal when i install a clutch if its leaking, but most garages dont want to mess with it so they rarely check when its apart.
Is it not accelerating when you take off from a stop or is it while you are already moving, or both??
if you accelerate and it doesnt even rev, it just bogs, it could be a lot of things. either your spark plugs are fouled from brning oil, dist. cap or rotor are bad, fuel filters clogged (should have been replaced with the pump, though), you have a leaky injector,or for some other reason the motors taking in too much fuel.. or bad timing, stretched timing belt, bad O2 sensor, etc. Id start with the plugs. If they look dry, check the oil and see if it has a gasoline smell to it. If so, for some reason the car is running verry rich.
If your barings are worn, yo WILL hear them. If you cancoast along without the radio on (not hard to do with it being stolen..
) and you hear a really low, verry pronounced grinding/graoning sound, your bearings are bad. i wouldnt think they would be bad enoug to effect accelration, but nothing surprises me anymore.
the thing about dubs, especially A2's, is that while they are great cars and built verry well, at this age they are getting cranky, and can verry easily nickle and dime you to death. This isnt an issue if you can do your own work, so it might be time to just pick up a haynes manual and a wrench and gain a first hand appreciation (or frustration) for the engineering of the car
any way-good luck, hope this helps some
-scott.
