Fuel pumps ==> resolution

[carsandkites at gmail.com (Kervin)]

Thanks for the tips.  The intake manifold was fine.   The top bolt on
the flange for the auxiliary air regulator was missing.  This put more
pressure on the lower bolt which caused the flange to fail and the
metal "tube" to come out of the boot for the throttle body.  I put
bolt in the top, undamaged part of flange, hooked the hoses back up
and all is well.

On 9/4/05, Patrick Bureau <patrick.bureau@gmail.com> wrote:
> Last time I heard someone have this problem, the intake was loose on the
> head, grab the intake and see if you can rock it or shake it some.
> You may need to tighten the bolts down.
> 
> Otherwise it could be the idle boost "switch" that is failing.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces+patrick.bureau=gmail.com@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+patrick.bureau=gmail.com@scirocco.org] On Behalf
> Of Kervin
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:45 AM
> To: Scirocco-L
> Subject: Fuel pumps
> 
>   On Friday, my car was very hard to start after work.  After I got it
> running a little, it had a almost continuous sputter.  I borrowed
> another car and let it sit until today.  I did find one vacuum hose
> that had a hole in it, but even after fixing that, it ran poorly.  I
> fulled the tank ($45!) before driving home.  I think the fuel pressure
> is the issue.  During the 10 mile drive home, the car would sometimes
> have a sudden drop in power.  I could not get the car to idle at 750
> like usual.  I had to put some "pre-load" on the throttle cable so the
> car could idle.  The lowest the car do handle was 1500, so I used the
> clip to have it at 1750.  On road intersection turns, the engine would
> die.  I'm going to look things over as closely as I can in few
> minutes.  Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Kervin
> 
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