RE: Need Help Fast! Lose gas/acceleration on highway

["Crane, Damien" <d3c@TENNANTCO.com>]

I'm new to this list and to VW's but to me it sounds more like
electrical, especially since it happens suddenly(no sputtering and
such), and the tach goes right to zero.  Just my thoughts.

Damien (soon to have an '80S w/16v)

> ----------
> From: 	Michael C. Hernandez[SMTP:hernandm@syncorp.com]
> Sent: 	Thursday, December 11, 1997 7:46 AM
> To: 	scirocco-l@privateI.com
> Subject: 	Need Help Fast! Lose gas/acceleration on highway
> 
> '84 Scirocco.
> 
> Generally this only happens driving on the beltway at high speeds;
> however,
> this morning it did it on acceleartion from a stop light.
> 
> I'll be driving and my RPMs drop to zero and the acceleartor does
> nothing.
> That's it the car just stops, and then after what appears to be a
> random
> period of time from 1 second to no more than a minute, the engine
> kicks
> back in.
> 
> I'm assuming this is a fuel problem, but what I don't know.
> Fuel filter has been replaced recently, fuel injection cleaner has
> been run
> through the system.
> 
> Perhaps related to this problem is the difficulty in starting the car,
> sometimes it takes 5 or more tries to get the car to start.  Engine
> will turn
> but car doesn't start, once again sounds like the engine is not
> getting fuel.
> Although I haven't checked the fuel pump yet.
> 
> I'd like to get your input first, before I crawl under my car.
> 
> TIA
> Michael
> 
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