UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems

[desinor at sympatico.ca (Jean-Claude Desinor)]

   Silly me, just noticed you already replaced the filter.
   All you need now is the fuel system/ injector cleaner :-)

	Jean-Claude

Jean-Claude Desinor a ?crit :
>   You can no longer trust that filter, unfortunately.
>   Install a new fuel filter, and get the strongest fuel system/injector 
> cleaner you can find and pour it in a full tank. Somehow this seems to 
> work the same way as anti-coagulant in blood, and after a couple of 
> cycles you should be OK.
> 
>     Jean-Claude
>     84 8v, been there, done that :-)
> 
> matt a ?crit :
> 
>> Sure enough I pulling the fuel  filter and there was ton of crud on 
>> the intake side. installed a new filter and the car runs better but 
>> still sputters and bucks while driving. it gets much better over 
>> 3000rpms. still it's bad enough that car isn't driveable. what should 
>> i do next? do you think the main fuel pump or the injectors are 
>> clogged? Matt Wieder
>> 1981 Mars Red
>> 1984 Wolfsburg
>> 1987 8V Auto
>> 1983 Audi CGT
>> Louisville, KY
>>
>>
>>
>>> -------Original Message-------
>>> From: Jean-Claude Desinor <desinor@sympatico.ca>
>>> Subject: Re: 84.5 wolfsburg problems
>>> Sent: 01 Jul '06 21:42
>>>
>>>    Dirt in the fuel system.
>>>    Check the gas filter, drain it into a recipient and I am sure you
>>> will see tons of debris come out.
>>>
>>> Jean-Claude
>>>
>>> matt a ?crit :
>>> > While driving home this morning  my 84.5 8v seemed to be running 
>>> fine. About a mile from my house it started to sputter, lose power 
>>> and then died. After a few minutes it finally started again and i 
>>> managed to get it home bucking and sputtering the whole way. It 
>>> didn't matter what gear i was in the car wouldn't rev or go more than 
>>> about 30 mph. After i got home i shut it off and tried to start it 
>>> again. it is very hard to start. sputtering and bucking while 
>>> cranking. the strange thing is once you get it started it seems to 
>>> run fine.  In neutral i can let it idle and it revs no problem but 
>>> when i actually try to drive, it sputters. all the fuel pumps seem to 
>>> be running although the transfer pump seems much quiter than normal. 
>>> It was always seemed very loud. it is the dreaded vdo transfer pump 
>>> but it's less than a year old.  i tried to different fuel pump relays 
>>> with no changes. I'm just looking for any insight before i really 
>>> start diving into it tomorrow.
>>> > Matt Wieder
>>> > 1981 Mars Red
>>> > 1984 Wolfsburg
>>> > 1987 8V Auto
>>> > 1983 Audi CGT
>>> > Louisville, KY
>>