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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Darkness_is_spreading on August 15, 2006, 10:10:34 am
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Well I took the beast out for a test run, and after a few hard runs, I slow down for a stop sign and the the battery light comes on. So I press the gas pedal and no Vroom. So now I crank the motor and it doesn't fire under the first second of cranking. So I pull off, rip the hood open and check my timming belt..... IT was perfectly fine, next the accessory belts also perfect. Then I run back in crank the car.... cough cough sputter cough, black cloud of death. I run back over to the motor which sounds exctly like it did when I had started off for the night.
I look at my fuel lines and see major air bubbles running into my pump, so I'm like alright why the major change, then I remember the line that was wearing away on the intake fuel line..... :evil: Why didn't I cahnge that sooner.
So it's filter time and I'm not sure I'm about to use the filter from my 88 hat has been sitting for a while.
I'm also thinking about running ATF from the filter into the pump to lubricate and clean that wickedc pump up. I have read that it is fine to runn it in pumps, and for cleaning motors but I'll stop at putting into the pump.
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I filled my fuel filter with ATF when I changed it, I didn't notice much of a differance if any
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use the 88 filter and fix those fuel lines i would bet the vibration and rubbing it rubbbed very thin i guarantee its sucking air from there.
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yup ATF into filter when I change too. I had read about doing it, but what convinced me to try it the first time was the jug of ATF that was handy vs crawling under to drain some diesel out. starts right up and runs fine on ATF
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Well it's all good now, no hesitation, and I lost a GTI MK2 behind me tonight. New front breaks also so it's wicked.