Running problem

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Vacumn is running at about 20", so I don't think its a vac leak. But I will 
check all the vac lines.

Good idea



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
Amsterdam NY




>From: "marc_scirocco" <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca>
>To: "'Julie Macfarlane'" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: Running problem
>Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:23:07 -0500
>
>Very hard to tell for a 16V, but if it were my 8V, I'd look for a vacuum
>leak related to the warm up circuit. Especially the valve and hoses behind
>the intake manifold, don't remember the names, or if there is a 16V
>equivalent.
>
>Just trying to be helpfull here.
>
>Cheers.
>
>Marc
>'83 Scirocco
>'97 A4 Q
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] De la part de Julie
> > Macfarlane
> > Envoyé : 17 décembre 2004 19:05
> > À : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Objet : Running problem
> >
> > Within 5 minutes of turning the car on, the car loses power
> > drastically. It idles very poorly and keeping the revs up
> > just barely keeps the engine alive.
> > When the revs are up, the sound from the muffler sounds
> > "empty" and a huge loss of power.
> >
> > After a minute or two the engine revs up and runs well. The
> > tach still responds normally so spark drop out is not much of
> > a reason.
> >
> > I did run the tank down low (really low), so I am hoping that
> > it is a clogged fuel filter.
> >
> > Sound reasonable?
> >
> > Julie Macfarlane
> > 1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
> > Amsterdam NY
> >
> >
> >
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