Well, I went back to the fuel pump and put my ear on it...both the in-tank and the main pump. Both seemed to be buzzing at a pretty normal level...The car WAS low on gas, and just before leaving, when I started the car, there was a weird noise from the back and I had a premonition that the fuel pump was going. So if the fuel pump was dying, it would pressurize the system when I click the key on, so it would run OK for a bit, then it wouldn't be able to keep up?
At 02:28 PM 7/27/01 +0300, Nils9 wrote: > >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 >> > > > ************** 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
