84.5 wolfsburg problems

[matt at safearmy.com (matt)]

yeah i remember you saying both pumps were new. I actually used the  transfer pump you put in on the 87. i put a brand new vdo transfer pump in the 84.5. I think what happened was i ran it really low on gas a few days ago and it now has a bunch of dirt in the fuel system. 
Matt Wieder
1981 Mars Red
1984 Wolfsburg
1987 8v Auto
1983 Audi CGT
Louisville, KY


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net>
>  Subject: Re: 84.5 wolfsburg problems
>  Sent: 02 Jul '06 00:10
>  
>  
>  On Jul 1, 2006, at 3:11 PM, matt wrote:
>  
>  > While driving home this morning  my 84.5 8v seemed to be running  
>  > fine. About a mile from my house it started to sputter, lose power  
>  > and then died. After a few minutes it finally started again and i  
>  > managed to get it home bucking and sputtering the whole way. It  
>  > didn't matter what gear i was in the car wouldn't rev or go more  
>  > than about 30 mph. After i got home i shut it off and tried to  
>  > start it again. it is very hard to start. sputtering and bucking  
>  > while cranking. the strange thing is once you get it started it  
>  > seems to run fine.  In neutral i can let it idle and it revs no  
>  > problem but when i actually try to drive, it sputters. all the fuel  
>  > pumps seem to be running although the transfer pump seems much  
>  > quiter than normal. It was always seemed very loud. it is the  
>  > dreaded vdo transfer pump but it's less than a year old.  i tried  
>  > to different fuel pump relays with no changes. I'm just looking for  
>  > any insight before i really start diving into it tomorrow.
>  
>  That's odd, because when I owned the car, I changed the fuel pumps.  
>  I KNOW I did the main pump, because it did to me what it did to you.  
>  I can't remember if I did the transfer pump or not.
>  
>  At least the transfer pump is cheaper and easier to change.  GL!
>  
>  
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