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On 5 Dec 2005 at 11:03, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > By priming the system, do you mean turning the key until you hear the couple > clicks of the pump, but not actually turning the key all the way-so as to > engage the starter/turn the engine over? Yes. > I don't drive my sqbk all the time, and I usually need to do this a few > times, I thought of it as getting fuel back to the engine. I never really > understood where the fuel went...does it just get sip[honed back into the > tank? I don't know where it goes, or why some cars have more trouble with this than others. It happens in cars that have no discernable leaks. I THINK most of the gas gets pushed up into the tank as the fuel boils during the heat soak after shutdown. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~