RE: used parts/bad mpg

[Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>]

yes there was.  apparently some people still got a new gas tank for
free, even now 12 years later.  maybe VW ain't so bad after all....

chris
86 16V scirocco


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>From: 	Shannon Fenton[SMTP:sfenton@telegroup.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, January 27, 1999 10:23 AM
>To: 	Chris Coracini; 'Ian'; 'Scirocco List'
>Subject: 	RE: used parts/bad mpg
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>There was a recall on the gas tanks wasn't there. They went from metal to
>plastic and something about them seperating where the halves are welded
>together. 
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>Thank You for Your Time,
>        Shannon Fenton
>            North American Frontline Resolution
>            sfenton@telegroup.com
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>Date: 1/27/99 9:04 AM
>To: Fenton, Shannon
>From: Coracini, Chris
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>>
>>BTW since no one responded to my poor mileage question let me say I now have
>>a faint gasoline smell that I notice when I get out of the car? Could this
>>be down to the cold start valve just staying open? Would that create such a
>>drop in mileage? (I'm down to 20mpg in suburbs driving - not really city but
>>not quite highway either!)
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>aahhh....  leaky gas tank.  i'll bet on it.  i can't fill mine more than
>halfway now until it leaves a nice flammable trail behind me when i
>drive.  both sciroccos i've owned (81S and now 86 16V) have had leaky
>gas tanks.  check it out next time you fill up and drive a while then
>stop.  look under yr car and see if you can find any drips.  could be
>that and possibly bad O2 or temp sensor making your car run rich.
>
>chris
>86 16V scirocco
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