Re: 8v running woes

[Josh Clark <joshc@garden.net>]

On Wed, 2 Apr 1997 22:35:00 +0000 "Ryan Schuermann" <rts@phoenix.net> wrote:

> I plan to take this to the shop..but i'd like to get a feel at what 
> i'm facing.
> 
> for the past week my car has been running horribly, and today I 
> caught it in the act. Here's the events..Start car..keep revs above
> 1500 for 60 seconds, 1st gear engaged and driving...stop at the 
> apartment out gate, and I idle at 1000, then I head a faint click 
> fron the left side of the dash, and it starts to idle rough..pulsing 
> fron 300-500..I gotta goose the gas above 2000rpm or the car will die 
> when I let off the clutch, then it feels like its lurching and 
> stalling and lurching etc. Then I hear the same click and presto it 
> runs fine and smooth again. I'm thinking O2 sensor? maybe something
> with the feul pump? If I don't start the car reving at 1500 it will 
> nearly die on me and run crappy the whole time no matter how many 
> times I restart it(trying to reset a faulty 'puter)so...anyone with a 
> faint clue so I don't look completely stupid at the mechanic?
> 
> Ryan
> '87 16v Scirocco
> '86 8v Sciro..put..cc...put..o

Fuel Pump Relay?  Probably.  Pull that and check it.  Do you hear a clicking noise from 
behind the dash?  Does the fuel pump get louder?  Good luck ma man!
 
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