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On 25 Jun 2004 at 12:26, Jim Smith wrote: > i bought it for 200 bucks in 2000, i had it running for about 2 months. it > turns out that it had been sitting for about 5 years before i got it ( the > guy lied to me about that) It died on me in early 2001, and i havent been > able to afford to get anything done to it since. > while it was running, in that span of 2 months, i had to replace 2 of the > injectors because they were worn out, and i was driving to work with a > stream of gasoline pouring out of the back of my car. The usual cause of these leaks are bad hoses. The bits of hoses that are crimped onto the injectors are actually separately replacable, but a shop won't want to do that; they'll sell you whole new injectors for big bucks. If you still have the "worn out" injectors, they may still be fine, as long as they have been kept away from moisture. I would buy them if you have them. > i know i am going to have to see about getting the gas tank fixed, the guage > doesnt work and i have a feeling that there is a lot of crud in the tank. > > i have a lot of oil around the bottom of my engine, and a lot of tranny > fluid on the bottom of the transmission (its an automatic by the way) > hopefully this weekend i will havethe time to siphon out any fuel in the > tank, give the battery a charge, put fresh gas in it and try and turn it > over to see how that goes. > > as far as symptoms, as i remember, it actually ran fine the day it died, but > i was driving home through an ice storm, and i just suddenly couldnt get it > above 10-15 mph. My guess is that the overflow hose behind the gas filler pipe is cracked (they ALL are) and driving during that storm loaded up your tank with enough water to shut you down. You probably need to drain the tank from below since the water will all be on the bottom. The worst part of this is that the pump has probably been sitting half full of water since then and will probably no longer run. Check to hear if it runs for about 1 second when you turn the key ON. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org