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On 13 May 2005 at 11:18, Constantino Tobio wrote: > The EGR pipe broke at the flange, and the pipe's been kinda sitting on > it. I'm thinking the EGR might be non-functional, as I see no signs of > exhaust gas having leaked out of the broken flange. Which flange? The filter, between the flanges is usually rotted out by now, too. > What's making me think possible vacuum leak (aside from the obvious > broken vacuum advance hoses) is the fact that I seem to need a little > extra fuel to get the car started up. If I crank for a second, stop, > crank for a second, stop, I can usually get it turning over by the 4th > or 5th try, especially if I help out by pumping the gas pedal a little It's more likely that the fuel ring is just empty and you're helping to fill it up by venting the air from it. You can save your starter a lot of work by jumpering around the fuel pump relay, allowing the pump to run, until you stop hearing air bubbling up in the gas tank. Then try starting. It won't be perfect, because there will still be some air in the injectors themselves, but this makes things a LOT easier. I sell switche assemblies which allow you to do this easily any time you need to start. I have installed them in several of my cars which had this starting problem. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~