16V WOES ... HELP!!

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I think your gas gauge is lying to you and you are running out of gas.

Larry
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: peter 
  To: 'Carlos Alves' 
  Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:27 AM
  Subject: RE: 16V WOES ... HELP!!


  -----Original Message-----
  From: Carlos Alves [mailto:alves@email.unc.edu]
  Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 12:06 PM
  To: peter@thescirocco.com; peter
  Cc: 'Carlos Alves'; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
  Subject: RE: 16V WOES ... HELP!!

  I think you are definetley on to something. When I swapped out my fuel
  filter yesterday, the gas was cloudy and gray, which led me to believe
  it was rust in the tank.

  Ding, ding, we have a winner!!!

  I would be interestedi n buying your old fuel distributor, let me know
  how much yo uwant for it and we can work something out.

  $60 including Fedex Ground, but you really don't need it, and I don't
  mind having a backup... ;)

  About the transfer pump, where can i get the proper clamps, and the
  short peice of fuel hose to replace the original one?

  Any local parts store would sell it, I use the regular small hose
  clamps, and the best fuel injection hose I can find. The clamps that are
  on there are the crimp on one time use ones, and the short hose is
  usually starting to deteriorate...

  Make sure you get a Pierburg fuel pump... Stay away from VDO, which is
  usually stock.

  Thanks a lot

  No problem...

  Peter
  302.832.8989
  http://thescirocco.com

  Quoting peter <peter@thescirocco.com>:

  > I think it's either the fuel distributor, or the transfer pump in
  > the
  > tank.
  >
  > The transfer pump is $40-80, comes with a new screen/pickup and
  > takes
  > about 10 minutes to change, providing you have the proper clamps, and
  > a
  > short piece of fuel hose to replace the original one.
  >
  > If that doesn't fix it, I'd try cleaning the bottom of the fuel
  > distributor, and/or swap in a used known good 16V fuel distributor.
  > I
  > have an extra one, e-mail me if you're interested...
  >
  > My '88 16V would intermittently cut off, and when I poured out the
  > fuel
  > of the fuel filter, the fuel was cloudy and gray, from the transfer
  > pump
  > trying to self destruct.
  >
  > HTH, and good luck!
  >
  > Peter
  > 302.832.8989
  > http://thescirocco.com
  >




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