Here's a weird one.. car troubles.

[Gene Fulmer <genefulm@turbonet.com>]

 I was wondering if any of you have ever experienced these symtoms..

 Last weekend I drove my 1980 scirocco to Seattle. (a 300 mile drive)
Half way there I began to experience a lack of power while driving up a
long hill. I had a lot of crap in the car, so it was a fair sized load
for the engine. (2 liter techtonics) The power loss at first was keeping
me from doing 70mph. It later got to the point where I could hardly go
20mph up a hill. (I did eventualy make it to where I was going) The
whole drive home I was trying to figure out what could possibly be
wrong. I let the car sit over the weekend and then took it to a
mechanic. While driving it down to his shop, the power came back, and
everything seemed to be working fine again. After a few hours the only
thing he found wrong was a cracked injector o-ring, and the car was
running great. (well almost great, he really screwed up the timing..
rookies..)

 It was time to leave Seattle, and I knew that the o-ring could not have
caused the severity of my power loss. Sure enough, about 100 miles short
of home, the car started doing it again. This time I could at least
maintain 50mph on the flat ground. (I'm pissed now because I spent $57
for a new o-ring basicaly) :)

 This has not been the first time this has happened. Three other times I
have had a power fall-off, but it has not been that bad. Every time I
get back in the car after it has been sitting, the problem goes away.
Around town driving never gets like this... only when I have been
driving the car for more than 2 hours on a long trip.

 The car has an 1985 audi 4000 knock sensing ignition (complete). I've
put in new plugs, wires, rotor, cap.

 Right now, I can only guess that the fuel pump might be causing it. The
car has at least 240,000 on it. I felt the fuel pump relay and it was
pretty hot. I have had the pump checked out twice now, and both times
the fuel pressure and rate are good.

 Does this sound familiar to anyone?

 Gene Fulmer.




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