Re: used parts/bad mpg

["Ian" <e@sbbs.se>]

Sorry guys I had the tank replaced about 6 years ago and the smell is coming
from the engine area, oxygen sensor was replaced last summer, also replaced
last year was air filter (K&N) fuel filter, spark plugs & wires.

thanks for trying, but please don't stop!
ian

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>
To: 'scirocco-l@scirocco.org' <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 10:32 AM
Subject: RE: used parts/bad mpg


>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
>
>
>>----------
>>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
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Thank You for Your Time,
>>        Shannon Fenton
>>            North American Frontline Resolution
>>            sfenton@telegroup.com
>>
>>
>>
>>------------------------------
>>Date: 1/27/99 9:04 AM
>>To: Fenton, Shannon
>>From: Coracini, Chris
>>
>>
>>>
>>>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!)
>>
>>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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