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Re: Mk1 stalling....HELP!!! (Part 2)
Uh, I meant the Pre Pump located in the gas tank...I don't know what a
"Prepum" :-0
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From: Jason <jason87vw@nac.net>
To: Nate Mellom <bronson@inwave.com>; Scirocco Mailing List
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Friday, December 22, 2000 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: Mk1 stalling....HELP!!! (Part 2)
>Maybe the prepum in the gas tank ?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nate Mellom <bronson@inwave.com>
>To: Scirocco Mailing List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Date: Friday, December 22, 2000 1:49 PM
>Subject: Mk1 stalling....HELP!!! (Part 2)
>
>
>>
>>Here's the deal...
>>I was bringing the '81 home last night, got her all warmed up and was on
>>
>>a back road for appx. 15 minutes. Stopped at a stop light, turned
>>green, started accelerating, and she stalls. Pulled over, she started,
>>but barely. She kinda stumbled to the next stop light, and again, it
>>stalled. Pulled over, got her started back up, and one more stop light
>>to go (the busiest intersection of them all). Again, stalled at about
>>3000. Got pushed to a gas station, and got towed home (second time in 2
>>
>>weeks).
>>Here's the deal (while playing with it in the parking lot waiting for
>>the flat-bed):
>>It'll start, but at 3000 rpm, it just shuts down. When it starts back
>>up, it idles REALLY low (200-250), but eventually idles up. Even so, if
>>
>>I let it idle or hold revs at about 1500, eventually it will just stall
>>again. What's the deal? I'm tentatively thinking fuel filter, but I
>>dunno.
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>Nate
>>'81
>>'84
>>
>>Okay, here's the deal. Last night I replaced the fuel filter
>>(everything checked out, no grungies in there or anything), replaced the
>>air filter (with a K&N, of course....the old filter had a big stain on
>>it and smelled like gas....), and replaced the plugs (old ones were very
>>carbonated, although not too bubbly). It still did it. When it was
>>cold, it'd be okay, but when warm it would kill at 3000. Which brought
>>me to my next conclusion. While playing with my mixture control unit on
>>the '84 this summer, I'd let it idle and pull up the plate, and it did
>>the same thing, dead. So, I checked the MCU on the '81. It was all
>>grungy (speckles and what looked like oil all over it), so I wiped it
>>clean and put the boot back on, but it still did it. I took off the
>>boot again, and again, it was all oily inside. The inside of the boot
>>wa all oily as well. I checked the throttle plates and everything
>>looked clean. The boot did have some cracks on it where the tube to the
>>intake hooks up, could this be the problem? And why would there be oil
>>coming from the mixture control unit? Shouldn't that just be air? By
>>the way, the K&N was brand new, no extra oil or anything like that.
>>Help?
>>Nate
>>'81
>>'84
>>Both sick.
>>
>>
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