SPAM-LOW: UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems

[matt at safearmy.com (matt)]

I tried swapping transfer pumps first and when that didn't fix it i swapped main pumps. So both the pumps should be good. Now i have to come up with a good main pump for the 87. I almost never drive it but as we all know it never hurts to have a back up. 
Matt Wieder
1981 Mars Red
1984 Wolfsburg
1987 8V Auto
1983 Audi CGT
Louisville, KY

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>  Subject: RE: SPAM-LOW:  UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems
>  Sent: 02 Jul '06 22:33
>  
>  Can you feel the love? I can :)
>  Congrats on getting her running again. Hopefully the transfer pump's
>  working, weak versions of those can kill the main pump from what I've
>  heard.
>  Cathy
>  
>  On 6:24:14 pm 07/02/06 " matt " <matt@safearmy.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > Turned out to be the main fuel pump. Swapped the pump form the 87 and
>  > now it runs like a top. Matt
>  >
>  > >   -------Original Message-------
>  > >   From: matt <matt@safearmy.com>
>  > >   Subject: RE: SPAM-LOW:  UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems
>  > >   Sent: 02 Jul '06 01:12
>  > >
>  > >   yeah it was totally grey. i will try to swap transfer pumps in
>  > >   the morning
>  > >   Matt Wieder
>  > >   1981 Mars Red
>  > >   1984 Wolfsburg
>  > >   1987 8V Auto
>  > >   1983 Audi CGT
>  > >   Louisville, KY
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  >   -------Original Message-------
>  > >  >   From: Peter <peter@thescirocco.com>
>  > >  >   Subject: RE: SPAM-LOW:  UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems
>  > >  >   Sent: 02 Jul '06 01:06
>  > >  >
>  > >  >   Was the fuel grayish?
>  > >  >
>  > >  >   If so, that's from the transfer fuel pump self destructing.
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  >   Peter-302.832.8989
>  > >  >   http://thescirocco.com/
>  > >  >
>  > >  >   Please! Include the previous text in your reply...
>  > >  >
>  > >  >   -----Original Message-----
>  > >  >   From: matt [mailto:matt@safearmy.com]
>  > >  >   Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 8:01 PM
>  > >  >   To: desinor@sympatico.ca; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>  > >  >   Subject: SPAM-LOW: UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems
>  > >  >
>  > >  >   Sure enough I pulling the fuel  filter and there was ton of
>  > >  >   crud on the intake side. installed a new filter and the car
>  > >  >   runs better but still sputters and bucks while driving. it
>  > >  >   gets much better over 3000rpms. still it's bad enough that car
>  > >  >   isn't driveable. what should i do next? do you think the main
>  > >  >   fuel pump or the injectors are clogged? Matt Wieder
>  > >  >   1981 Mars Red
>  > >  >   1984 Wolfsburg
>  > >  >   1987 8V Auto
>  > >  >   1983 Audi CGT
>  > >  >   Louisville, KY
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  >   -------Original Message-------
>  > >  >  >   From: Jean-Claude Desinor <desinor@sympatico.ca>
>  > >  >  >   Subject: Re: 84.5 wolfsburg problems
>  > >  >  >   Sent: 01 Jul '06 21:42
>  > >  >  >
>  > >  >  >      Dirt in the fuel system.
>  > >  >  >      Check the gas filter, drain it into a recipient and I am
>  > >  >  >  sure you will see tons of debris come out.
>  > >  >  >
>  > >  >  >   Jean-Claude
>  > >  >  >
>  > >  >  >   matt a ??crit :
>  > >  >  >  >  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. Matt Wieder
>  > >  >  >  >  1981 Mars Red
>  > >  >  >  >  1984 Wolfsburg
>  > >  >  >  >  1987 8V Auto
>  > >  >  >  >  1983 Audi CGT
>  > >  >  >  >  Louisville, KY
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>  > >  >  >
>  > >  >  >
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