Stalling on the Freeway

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

Mine did the same thing and I replaced both fule pumps.  It turne out to be
the voltage was degrading from the fuel pump relay back to the fuel pumps.
In my case I was able to bypass the stock fuel pump relay and install
another one.  tha fixed the problem.  Wish I would have known before I spent
$300 on the pumps.

On 10/5/07, Foxx (in a box) <foxxinabox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   The starter was turning fine. It was actually how I was able to get
> the car to the side of the road. It's just that the engine would turn
> over and over and not catch. I sat for a half on the side of the road
> and the car started up, got me a few hundred yards, and died again. No
> amount of revving the engine was able to bring it back. I finally got it
> off the interstate and parked it in a lot, let it sit for two hours, and
> when I went back, the outside air was much cooler and the car wanted to
> run like a scalded cat.
>
> > It's not clear if the starter was turning and it just not catching or
> was
> > the starter not turning. Which one is it?
> >
> > -Marc
> >
> >
> >    Having to sit in traffic for nearly an hour today the '85 began to
> > stumble and then died. As the traffic was due to an accident ahead, the
> > whole interstate was closed. I tried to start the car and it coughed a
> > couple times but nothing else. The coolant temp never even got about
> half
> > way. On a whim I yanked the fuse to the fuel pump and let the car dry
> itself
> > out. After a few more minutes of coughing it finally caught and I was
> able
> > to go again. Problem is that when I came to a stop the car died again
> and
> > resumed it's non-starting issue. Mind you, the weather was quite warm
> today
> > and I don't have these stumbling problems in cooler weather. What could
> the
> > outside temperature be affecting so that the car would run rich to a
> fault?
>
>
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)