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Jim Adney wrote: > Which flange? The filter, between the flanges is usually rotted out by > now, > >too. > > > The flange in question is visible from the top of the engine, near cyl #1. On the crossover pipe from the IAD to the EGR, the flange where the crossover pipe meets the EGR. The pipe rusted off the flange. There's no signs of carbon/scorching here, though I can check with the engine running. The filter is fine- in fact, it's not even particularly rusty (I know it's stainless steel and will corrode less quickly). It looks like whoever last replaced this filter used stainless steel nuts/bolts, too, since they don't look too rusty either. Maybe this guy's mechanic knew his T3s. >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. > > > I figure in this scenario some sort of momentary switch is the way to go, right. I can mail you offline for a price on this solution, or a wiring diagram or something (I'm capable of fabricating this solution). Was this an issue with these cars when new? What's worn such that this problem is exposed? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~