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Re: Mk1 stalling....HELP!!! (Part 2)




Ok guys there is no prepump on an '81. Nor is there a idle stabilizer valve 
by the throttle body.

>
>Uh, I meant the Pre Pump located in the gas tank...I don't know what a
>"Prepum" :-0
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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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Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert (for sale real cheap!)
'65 Bus (for sale!)
'61 17 Window


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