Stalling on the Freeway

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

Another (remote) heat-related possibility is what happened to me a few years ago.  The reservoir -> tank (return) line was crimped
between the tank and the body.  On a hot enough day, tank expansion would compress the line and trap air in the reservoir.  It would
build up over time until the main pump was air bound.  Having the car off for a few minutes would correct the issue (reservoir
gravity filled).

What you said about dying when you stopped keyed me in on that, since the main pump draws from the rear of the reservoir - if it's
mostly air bound, braking immediately sends air into the main pump suction.

HTH
Al

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean-Claude D?sinor [mailto:desinor@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 9:00 PM
> To: julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: 'scirocco list'; Foxx (in a box)
> Subject: Re: Stalling on the Freeway
> 
>   Hmmmm ....
>   Mine did that to me too a few years back. Turned out to be 
> junk in the gas tank. The filler pipe had rusted and was 
> flaking into the tank. 
> Furtunately, the gas filter stopped most of it.
>   Had the gas tank cleaned and replaced the gas filter, 
> salvaged a filler neck from a parts car me and my godson were 
> sharing, and everything is fine now.
> 
>     Jean-Claude
> 
> julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a ?crit :
> > 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
> >>
> >> 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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> >>
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