Re: finding idle

["Marc Peterson" <mpeters6@rochester.rr.com>]

Control Pressure Regulator?

Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: "MrAudi" <mraudi25@epix.net>
To: "scirocco-mail list" <Scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:32 PM
Subject: Fw: finding idle


>
> ----- 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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