Roccoo owner needs teck help, stranded sorta.

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

hrm, bouncy tach and suddenly no fuel flow. im thinking hall sender, wait a sec,
thats a 79. hrm. well if it did by chance have a 16v in there, a bad hall sender
would cause no fuel (fuel pump relay relies on pulses from hall sender to keep
fuel pump going). im not sure if the engine in a 79 would act the same or not.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Able" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Cc: "Steve Heller" <sheller@optonline.net>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:30 PM
Subject: Roccoo owner needs teck help, stranded sorta.


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> sheller@optonline.net
> my 79 scirocco (which I just bought there) is being driven from California
> by my nephew. the car has been running great until he got to Indianapolis,
> where the car suddenly developed this problem that was diagnosed by a
> mechanic there as a faulty fuel pump. this was changed this afternoon, along
> with the fuel filter, but the problem has not gone away. the mechanic
> doesn't work on weekends, so my nephew is stranded there till Monday. I'm
> hoping someone can shed some light on what else to check. I've told my
> nephew to go over all the vacuum lines, distributor, coil wires and air tube
> and boot. the car has also got a very erratic tachometer, which I'm
> wondering if the coil is bad. I don't know how the mechanic condemned the
> fuel pump, but he said the original was weak. I sure hope he cracked a fuel
> line and saw little or insufficient fuel flow. so, what would cause this
> condition which seems like the car is starving for fuel, but may in fact be
> something else. I realize this is hard to diagnose from this limited info,
> but its all I've got right now. if the problem is ignition related, could
> the coil be suspect? geez, my poor nephew will be stuck there till Monday!
> and worse, I've never seen the car in person, and I've been waiting
> patiently for it to arrive. there's gotta be something I'm missing. please
> help me. I'm hoping to call him tomorrow to offer something to help.
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