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Re: sudden car death (fuel?)
Cheapass Ron wrote:
> NOw it's starting to sound like a fuel pump...but you
> BTDT, right?
Welllll, not exactly, I turn the key, I hear the fuel pump. Aside from
that,
I crank the motor and I think I still here the fuel pump. What is the
easy way
to check and see if I have actual flow?
> Can you set it to TDC and see where the
> cam mark lines up? That'll tell you whether your cam
> timing is off.
You mean the mark on the timing belt gear on the cam?
And see if what lines up? Is there a mark under that
inspection plug on the trans?
>
>
> Ron
> --- Geordy Rostad <grostad@thresholdnetworks.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone thing I may have a fuel problem? I just
>> replace my injector
>> seals btw.
>> Could it be a fuel filter? Maybe I went over a bump
>> and dislodged a
>> grain of muck and clogged
>> it? Could the fuel pump shaft separate from the
>> pump mechanism so that
>> it sounds like
>> it's spraying fuel but actually not...? What is
>> the easy method to
>> check fuel flow?
>>
>> When I put the new airboot on it almost started and
>> then died so I don't
>> think it's spark
>> or timing. It only does the almost start and then
>> die thing after
>> having sat for quite a
>> while.
>>
>> Geordy
>> '88 jetta 16v
>>
>>
>>
>> geordy wrote:
>>
>>> I want to replace the t-belt anyways since I have
>>
>> absolutely no idea
>>
>>> how long it has been on there.
>>> BTW, It died when I hit a bump in the road, my
>>
>> scirocco did the same
>>
>>> thing to my brother one
>>> time, he hit a bump (or jump) in the road and
>>
>> threw the timing off and
>>
>>> it ran shitty all the way home.
>>> Mine just died, I wonder what's up...
>>>
>>> I put the airbox/intake stuff back together and
>>
>> the car still wouldn't
>>
>>> start. I left all of the other
>>> belts off however... I wouldn't think that would
>>
>> be a problem.
>>
>>>
>>> 16v Jason wrote:
>>>
>>>> Doesn't have to be that huge!
>>>>
>>>> If you were able to see daylight in there, you
>>>
>> have about 0 chance
>>
>>>> that the car will run.
>>>>
>>>> That's your problem from the sound of it. Try to
>>>
>> start the car with
>>
>>>> a new one on there before you kill yourself
>>>
>> checking the timing belt.
>>
>>>> And why you going through so much trouble to
>>>
>> check the belt this
>>
>>>> way? Couldn't you just have taken the upper
>>>
>> cover off without doing
>>
>>>> all that other shit?
>>>>
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 01:17 AM 5/9/01 , Geordy Rostad wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It's not THAT large, but when I removed the pipe
>>>>
>> between the two
>>
>>>>> boots I saw
>>>>> daylight...
>>>>>
>>>>> Brett Van Sprewenburg wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, I have noticed a big tear in the
>>>>>>
>> throttle body air boot.
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just so I can be the first.... :)
>>>>>> But this is probably the reason your car won't
>>>>>
>> run, or start, or
>>
>>>>>> what-ever...
>>>>>> Any tear in the boot is likely to cause running
>>>>>
>> problems, a large
>>
>>>>>> one will cause the car not to run at
>>>>>
>> all...probably got your culprit
>>
>>>>>> there.
>>>>>> ==Brett
>>>>>> \/ '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's,
>>>>>
>> take two home. They're
>>
>>>>>> small"
>>>>>> \/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '92 Passat 16v
>>>>>
>> (Winter+) | -
>>
>>>>>> brett@netacc.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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