16V WOES ... HELP!!

[peter at thescirocco.com (peter)]

-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos Alves [mailto:alves@email.unc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 12:06 PM
To: peter@thescirocco.com; peter
Cc: 'Carlos Alves'; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: RE: 16V WOES ... HELP!!

I think you are definetley on to something. When I swapped out my fuel
filter yesterday, the gas was cloudy and gray, which led me to believe
it was rust in the tank.

Ding, ding, we have a winner!!!

I would be interestedi n buying your old fuel distributor, let me know
how much yo uwant for it and we can work something out.

$60 including Fedex Ground, but you really don't need it, and I don't
mind having a backup... ;)

About the transfer pump, where can i get the proper clamps, and the
short peice of fuel hose to replace the original one?

Any local parts store would sell it, I use the regular small hose
clamps, and the best fuel injection hose I can find. The clamps that are
on there are the crimp on one time use ones, and the short hose is
usually starting to deteriorate...

Make sure you get a Pierburg fuel pump... Stay away from VDO, which is
usually stock.

Thanks a lot

No problem...

Peter
302.832.8989
http://thescirocco.com

Quoting peter <peter@thescirocco.com>:

> I think it's either the fuel distributor, or the transfer pump in
> the
> tank.
>
> The transfer pump is $40-80, comes with a new screen/pickup and
> takes
> about 10 minutes to change, providing you have the proper clamps, and
> a
> short piece of fuel hose to replace the original one.
>
> If that doesn't fix it, I'd try cleaning the bottom of the fuel
> distributor, and/or swap in a used known good 16V fuel distributor.
> I
> have an extra one, e-mail me if you're interested...
>
> My '88 16V would intermittently cut off, and when I poured out the
> fuel
> of the fuel filter, the fuel was cloudy and gray, from the transfer
> pump
> trying to self destruct.
>
> HTH, and good luck!
>
> Peter
> 302.832.8989
> http://thescirocco.com
>