SPAM-LOW: UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

Can you feel the love? I can :)
Congrats on getting her running again. Hopefully the transfer pump's
working, weak versions of those can kill the main pump from what I've
heard.
Cathy

On 6:24:14 pm 07/02/06 " matt " <matt@safearmy.com> wrote:
>
> Turned out to be the main fuel pump. Swapped the pump form the 87 and
> now it runs like a top. Matt
>
> >   -------Original Message-------
> >   From: matt <matt@safearmy.com>
> >   Subject: RE: SPAM-LOW:  UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems
> >   Sent: 02 Jul '06 01:12
> >
> >   yeah it was totally grey. i will try to swap transfer pumps in
> >   the morning
> >   Matt Wieder
> >   1981 Mars Red
> >   1984 Wolfsburg
> >   1987 8V Auto
> >   1983 Audi CGT
> >   Louisville, KY
> >
> >
> >  >   -------Original Message-------
> >  >   From: Peter <peter@thescirocco.com>
> >  >   Subject: RE: SPAM-LOW:  UPDATE- 84.5 wolfsburg problems
> >  >   Sent: 02 Jul '06 01:06
> >  >
> >  >   Was the fuel grayish?
> >  >
> >  >   If so, that's from the transfer fuel pump self destructing.
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >   Peter-302.832.8989
> >  >   http://thescirocco.com/
> >  >
> >  >   Please! Include the previous text in your reply...
> >  >
> >  >   -----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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