SPAM-LOW: UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter)]

Was the fuel grayish?

If so, that's from the transfer fuel pump self destructing. 


Peter-302.832.8989
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-----Original Message-----
From: matt [mailto:matt@safearmy.com] 
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 8:01 PM
To: desinor@sympatico.ca; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: SPAM-LOW: UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems

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
>  
>  
>  

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