Fw: finding idle

["MrAudi" <mraudi25@epix.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "MrAudi" <mraudi25@epix.net>
To: <terrapin@halifax.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: finding idle


> I am going to tell you a story....LOL. A few years ago a friend of mine
> bought a rabbit for a couple hundred bucks. It didn't run. The owner had
> just replaced the feul pump with a brand new Napa unit. We tried
everything
> under the sun to get the car to run. Adjust this, adjust that, change
this,
> change that. Sometimes it would run great and as soon as you tried to move
> it , BLAH it would die. Anyway, it turned out the brand new feul pump was
> bad. We slapped on a 10 year old used one and he never had another problem
> with it.
> I also owned a 81 roc that acted just like what you are describing and it
> turned out to be a rusty gas tank. have you tried monitoring the fuel
> pressure while it is running? I would highly suggest you do. My two
> cents.............
>
> Jason Neubold
> 86 Tornado Red 16v
> 85 Tornado Red Audi Coupe GT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <terrapin@halifax.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 1:23 PM
> Subject: finding idle
>
>
> > For background I have a 1978 fuel injected scirocco bone stock that has
> had
> > afuel problem for several months now.
> > It finally got to the point where it would only fire and die and never
> run.
> > Before that it would act, when cold, like it was starving for gas, then
> > suddenly begin running right.
> > When hot,it was always a crap shoot whether it would crank back up.
> > We have replaced the distributer, fuel pressure regulator at thefront of
> the
> > engine, all injector seals, the valve at the fuel pump and other
niggling
> > things.
> > We now have it so it fires first time and runs, runs well, plentyof
power,
> 150
> > across all four on a compression test, but after five to then, sometimes
> 15,
> > the thing decides it doesn't want to run anymore and dies.
> > It will then refuse to run unless the idle is set above 1500.
> > Any suggestions, ideas, solutions.
> > I'm ready to go with a carb, but my mechanic feels he can find the
> problem.
> > We are also pretty sure there is no air leak in the system.
> > Once we solve this problem, we think we will have the whole fuel problem
> licked.
> > Thanks
> > David Conner
> > terrapin@halifax.com
> >
> >
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