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Re: sudden car death (fuel?)
well I cant help you I buy mine at the dealership, bosh made, 30$ canadian,
and last a fairly long time well worth teh extra dinero for it IMHO.
(last time I had to chaneg mine was 7 years ago...go figure...)
On Fri, 11 May 2001 00:26:42 -0700, geordy said:
> I bought a new fuel filter today, no it's not a bosch....
> It's a fram, they had it in stock and it was $10 cheaper than
> the bosch, I hope no one has a problem with this!
>
> Now, my question, are these filters directional or is does
> it matter which way I hook it up? Should the seam face the
> front or the rear of the car?
>
> Cheapass Ron wrote:
>
> > Yes, there is a timing mark under the inspection cover
> > on the tranny. there is also a 6 deg mark, which
> > looks like a chisel mark. Just to the left of that,
> > viewed bending over the driver's fender, is a little
> > square protrusion (there's also one to the right, a
> > little farther away - you want the one to the left).
> > Set the engine there...easier to remove the plugs and
> > crank from the 19mm pulley bolt on the front end of
> > the crankshaft. Line that squarish mark up to the
> > indicator on the bottom of the inspection hole (you
> > have to remove the whole green plug, not just the
> > little clear thing in the middle, good luck). Then
> > check the timing mark on the cam...which should be at
> > 12:00 and aligned with the little pointer on the inner
> > cover. That should tell you whether the cam timing is
> > on or off.
> >
> > AFA the fuel, easiest way to check is with a gauge and
> > a double-length banjo bolt...but these are not in
> > every garage. I'd guess the next easiest thing to to
> > is remove one injector, preferably all, point it into
> > a jar, jumper the fuel pump relay, and lift the
> > airflow sensor plate to make sure all spray
> > sufficiently...this procedure is in the Bentley.
> > Cracking loose a fuel line fitting from the filter
> > could tell you a little something, or maybe even
> > removing the return line to the tank and checking flow
> > there...that on 2nd though could be valuable because
> > that fuel has already been past the pressure
> > regulator.
> >
> > You do have a fat spark, right?
> >
> > And BTW, you *do* have the Bentley...or at least a
> > Haynes...right? No shit, the Bentley is super
> > valuable.
> >
> > Good luck, let me know how you progress.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > --- Geordy Rostad <grostad@thresholdnetworks.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> 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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