Re: Friggin Car

["Michael Friesen" <mfriesen@sympatico.ca>]

Yeah, I just took my 85 8V to a dealership for tuneup and they told me that
my car still had a fuel pump recall.  Just call a dealership and give them
your VIN to check.

Mike



----- Original Message -----
From: Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
To: Christopher Grossi <cgrossi@dwc.edu>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Friggin Car


>
>
> --- Christopher Grossi <cgrossi@dwc.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Well I finally got the thing to stop idling bad
> > thanks to input from
> > all here. Thanks again, but now when it gets hot like in
> > traffic it no
> > longer wants to run. It quit on me like 4 times today in
> > traffic and
> > doesn't like to start right away. When I do attempt to
> > start it, it
> > pops/backfires a little like it's flooding itself and
> > isn't liking the
> > extra fuel in the cylinders.
>
> Sounds to me like your fuel pre-pump is going bad.  This
> comes up often on the list, and there was a recall on it.
> At least it's the cheaper / easier one to change...
>
>  It only does it when the
> > water temp gauge
> > is reading like a little above 3 quarters of the way up
> > the gauge. The
> > temp has always gotten that high in traffic as long as I
> > have owned the
> > car, but I have never had any problems other than the
> > idle going up and
> > down.
>
> Get a lower temp thermostat and fan switch.  I installed
> 'em in my 16v yesterday and could FINALLY use the a/c
> without the car running practically AT the high temp line.
> Oil temp runs cooler too.
>
> ===
> Daun Yeagley
> '79 Scirocco
> '85 Scirocco 8v
> '88 Scirocco 16v
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."  - Dave
Barry
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