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Every time I shift in my G60, it seems like I lose ignition or something for a couple revs, then it picks up as though nothing happened. I also don't know what kind of mileage I should expect out of this motor, but it seems like I'm getting only about 15 to 20 in town.

The stutter, now that I think about it, is when I let the clutch back out. It misses or something for just a second while load is being put on it, then it picks up and drives fine. It has also occasionally done it just while driving down the street without changing gears.

add 3 quarts of oil

That WOULD make the stutter go away. Not exactly the way I'd like to see it go, but I guess that's still a technically plausible solution.
Anyone have a more workable answer?

After digging through all the fucked up electric harness and vacuum problems, turned out the ISV was fucked up. At least, that's MOST of the problem. The ISV delete managed to cure it but it still has the occasional miss, more often than not on a shift or off of idle.

So far I know:
1. Not vacuum related. Holds vacuum for hours, verified by a guage.
2. Not running lean. At least, if it were, I'd expect better mileage than 20.3 mpg.
3. New distributor, cap, rotor, plug wires, coil wire, primaries to the coil and new fuel filter.

Any ideas that don't involve ham-handed attempts to get me to destroy the motor (is it because I'm jewish, or because I'm a black homo?) are greatly appreciated.

when it gets up to temp, where does the idle sit?

I need to log in more often.

Found a few holes in the vacuum system that I hadn't realized were isolated by check-valves. After that, I gave it an italian tune-up and it's been right as rain ever since. Unfortunately, it's contagious. My new scirocco does the exact same thing, and it doesn't even HAVE a vacuum system left in it. One line from the throttle body to the distributor and one line for the brake boost.

I'm never buying another VW that's over 20 years old again.

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if it makes you feel better, i'm on my 3rd throttle body screw...

i tend to log in when i'm having issues

Funny you should mention that. I also replaced the seal on the TB screw with a new Viton seal. The TB screw was bent from smacking the firewall when I'd dump the clutch and the seal that was on it shattered after I got it out of the TB.

i can never find mine after it "falls" out...
i need some kind of "catch" for that stupid thing!
i've been lucky so far in finding them (xup donate one, and there was a "parts" throttle body that came with my spare head that had one)

I fouled the threads on mine a little bit to keep it from backing out. Ran a knife across the threads all the way down it's length. It doesn't back out anymore.

why does this sound like a bad idea to me?