Re: Fuel delivery diagnosis

["Rick Alexander" <rick@brubakerbox.com>]

Neither of these solutions would fit my problem. I was driving for about 25
miles with the stumbling. It seems to me that if I had been out of fuel it
would have died for real. The baffle does need looking into but I'm doubtful
that that is my problem as there was no hard cornering or acceleration
involved.

Now Mark! You have no doubt heard this before but I'm just compelled to say
it anyway. It costs no more to keep the tank full than to keep it empty! In
fact it may cost less as you will not be condensing as much moisture in the
tank (read; making rust) and you will never be late due to running out of
gas.

Rick Alexander
http://www.brubakerbox.com
http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mardak" <maardak@yahoo.ca>

> --- Brian Wagner <scirocco_88_16v@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > The moral is don't trust your fuel guage, if you were a buckin and a
> > snort
> > and it went away when you fueled up you were running out of gas.
> >
> > IMHO - never let it get below 1/4 tank
> >
> > Brian
>
> I'm usually broke, so I'm always driving in the lower range of the
> "orange-zone".  In all the A1's I've owned (5) the fuel gauge was
> extremely accurate.  What I like about them is that when it reads
> empty, the tank IS actually empty.  Most NA vehicles I've driven have a
> real vague "below the E" area that still holds 50 miles worth of gas!
> At least I know that when I hit the "orange-zone" I have exactly 4
> litres of gas left...
>
> Rick's anti-slosh fuel pickup "thingy" (?) in the tank might be rotted
> or non-existant (my friend's MKII came with an incorrect fuel tank that
> the PO installed, and had this problem.  Any time he went around a
> corner with less than 1/4 tank it would stumble)...
>
> Mark.


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