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Re: starting problem



It sounds like the fuel accumulator.

I had the same thing happen to my '84 Scirocco.

Peter

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 11:48:53 -0800 (PST) Benjamin Harder
<vwtype53@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hey all,
>   I now have my 81 Scirocco running with a *new* JH motor.  I have 
> the
> timing set and everything seemed to be going well.  Now that I am 
> driving
> the car I have been having a warm starting problem...turning off the
> engine (after running at normal operating temps), if the car sits 
> for over
> 30 min. it will want to stall upon trying to restart.  If I am 
> patient and
> just keep on trying (5-10+ cranks) it will finally fire and then run 
> rough
> for a few seconds before smoothing out to normal idle.  If the 
> engine is
> cold it has no problems at all.  I am thinking that there must be a
> problem with the fuel pressure or something.... any ideas?
> TIA
> 
> 
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