Hm... this reminds me last winter once I could not understand what gouz on with my Rabbit Diesel until I found out therez a vacuum in fueltank. Could be the same with gasoline car too. Might be fuel pump aswell... Fuel filter finally..
-Nils 89R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Austin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 8:57 AM Subject: Bucking/Dying/Lack of power... > Car was running great for about an hour (driving out to western MA to pick > up the weitec GT kit). An hour in, the car hiccups, and is fine for five > minutes. Then it hiccups and loses power. After a few seconds, it has > normal power again. Gradually, the car stays weak for longer and longer > periods. Eventually it dies. However, I can immediately restart it, and > it runs fine for 10 - 15 seconds, at which point it starts to buck and lose > power again. If I clutch-in, turn off the engine, and turn it back on > again, I get another 10 seconds of OK power. Here was my routine for like > 15 miles until I could nurse it to a VW dealership (100 miles from home): > Zoom up to 80 mph...car starts to lose power and coasts down to around 30 > mph. Turn off and back on again immediately. Repeat. By the end of the > drive, it was bucking hard enough that I was worried that it would snap an > engine mount. The length of OK running after startup also seemed to be > totally independent of how long the car sat. After sitting an hour, it > still only ran for a few seconds. Now the car is sitting at a VW > dealership out in wilbraham, MA. What should I have them look at? It's > motronic, btw. > > > > > ************** > Patrick Austin > [email protected] > (617)782-9115 > ************** > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
