Stalling on the Freeway

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)]

Sounds like the fuel pump to me. Draco did that a few yeasr ago. I just BARELY made it ove to GAP that day. I changed the pump on the side of the road and had a smooth ride home...
Good luck 


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Foxx (in a box) [mailto:foxxinabox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Friday, October 5, 2007 06:58 PM
>To: 'Marc Getty'
>Cc: ''scirocco list''
>Subject: Re: Stalling on the Freeway
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> The starter was turning fine. It was actually how I was able to get 
>the car to the side of the road. It's just that the engine would turn 
>over and over and not catch. I sat for a half on the side of the road 
>and the car started up, got me a few hundred yards, and died again. No 
>amount of revving the engine was able to bring it back. I finally got it 
>off the interstate and parked it in a lot, let it sit for two hours, and 
>when I went back, the outside air was much cooler and the car wanted to 
>run like a scalded cat.
>
>> It's not clear if the starter was turning and it just not catching or was
>> the starter not turning. Which one is it?
>> 
>> -Marc
>> 
>> 
>> Having to sit in traffic for nearly an hour today the '85 began to
>> stumble and then died. As the traffic was due to an accident ahead, the
>> whole interstate was closed. I tried to start the car and it coughed a
>> couple times but nothing else. The coolant temp never even got about half
>> way. On a whim I yanked the fuse to the fuel pump and let the car dry itself
>> out. After a few more minutes of coughing it finally caught and I was able
>> to go again. Problem is that when I came to a stop the car died again and
>> resumed it's non-starting issue. Mind you, the weather was quite warm today
>> and I don't have these stumbling problems in cooler weather. What could the
>> outside temperature be affecting so that the car would run rich to a fault?
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