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On Tuesday 02 October 2001 15:06, Bryan Mitchell wrote: > Hello all, > > Well I thought I had had my 71 square all fixed and > wonderful, > I had went through every thing on the FI , replaced > intake boots and the head gaskets, the whole deal. And > it ran great, Just wonderful, minus the slight bogging > feeling when you were at high speeds and accelerated. > However the other day it started idling rough and > would stall out and not start again. This is real > annoying when at a light during morning traffic. Any > ways through trial and error i determined it was the > fuel pump. I put one of my replacements on to find > that the problem was fixed, no more stalling , ran > good. Only a new problem was found, The spare pump > leaked gas like crazy , from the casing. Bad Bad Bad. > No vw shop in this town has t-3 parts , its like they > are evil or some thing. They just laugh and say "Nahh > , We throw those thing away , no one wants them,, Ha > ha , Good luck". > So I check my Local Import parts place that happens > to have a but load of nos type 3 FI parts, And low and > behold they have a spankin new Bosch still in the > original package $500 fuel pump. Sooooo..... I buy it > , I dont have much of a choice , But I talked them > down to $300. Ouch!! none the less. > > So now it runs good , minus the slight bogging at > first acceleration , and the slight bucking at crusing > speed and the funky idle at stop. Any one have any > ideas how to end my long torture???? > I Will buy a Bottle of REBEL YELL , courtesy of former > list member RJ Lathrow , for the person who can help > me out =) > Check the filter screen in the bottom of the tank. I had the same problem with my '71. My fuel tank was extremely rusty, and I would clean the screen, and 2 weeks later it would be plugged again. I finally found a good clean tank, and the problem went away. -- Russ Wolfe '71 Fastback AT '66 Fastback MT (IT RUNS) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe