Problems again =(

[86gti]

ok, ill start from the top.
about 6 moths ago i was having trouble starting the car when it was hot.
It would misfire and run pretty badly if it was in traffic around town for over 15 mins or so...
I investigated and found a few reasons why it would do it and one of them was the intank fuel pump.
apparently when the tank runs low often it stuffs the pump....
and most of the time the car played up it was just blow 1/4 of a tank.
So i have always made shure i had over 1/4 of a tank of fuel and things seem to clear up, always easy to start, never started playing up around town and was back to normal.............
BUT. the last 2 days it wont start when its hot unless i run start it or leave it sitting for about 10 mins - 15 mins. turn the key and for a split second it seem asif it wants to go, then just goes to turning over with no bang...

anyone have any ideas.???????? HELP! lol..im sick of parking on hills.

running 2E motor with CIS.

[GoLfMan]

sounds like the problem i have with my lawnmower, itll start fine, try and start it hot and it just wont fire i wanna know what the problem is aswell...
ignition system?????

[86gti]

HAHAHA!....my mower is the same.....
but i dont get stuck in the drive through bottle shop with tha mower....
and its a good excuse not to mow. :-P
but id say its the ignition module in the mower tho

[joshyd-mk2gti]

its an easy job changing over the intank fuel pump. although its probably got nothing to do with your starting problems. after i changed mine i noticed the car ran better. you can go below 1/4 tank and theres no more surging at full throttle.

[86gti]

its an easy job changing over the intank fuel pump. although its probably got nothing to do with your starting problems. after i changed mine i noticed the car ran better. you can go below 1/4 tank and theres no more surging at full throttle.

yea, ive had it out a couple of times, but i dont think thats the problem...mite be, dunno ...lol, i just wanna make shure first

[Golf Loon]

Does it do it with throttle fullopen, or closed? I always push the pedal 3 times and then turn the key and should start first go.

[Golfwise]

Pushing the accelerator pedals makes no difference with k jet, it works with a carby cos of the accelerator pump.
The lift pump should be replaced at the first sign of trouble as they can cause the main pump to fail and they are a lot cheaper.I'll send you one for $80

[gtimk5]

As I pmd 86. Get your fuel pressures tested. 3 different tests.

[86gti]

Grrrrrrrrr

well, im pretty shure its the intank pump.......
but i thourght it would be a good idea to replace the fuel filter....
got it in and was nipping up the line when the spanner slipped and i cracked the plastic tank that the main pump goes into!!!!
....i have some special glue used for fuel tanks here that i found amoungst stuff dad had from the wokshop b4 he retired..
so ill see how that goes for now, but if anyone has the plastic tank please let me know...i just have to get it going ASAP because i cant get to work otherwise...
wouldnt run for anylonger than 5mins last night..then a 2 hour wait untill it would go again....but even then it was starving.

so......things i need list.....
intank pump.
plastic mini tank that the main pump fits into.
atleast 2 bottles of johnnie walker blue label

[DVR68U]

so......things i need list.....
intank pump.
plastic mini tank that the main pump fits into.
atleast 2 bottles of johnnie walker blue label

haha 2 bottles , that will be a good weekendlol good luck with the problem
cheers brenton

[86gti]

lol. managed to get a new pump up here.
like to put in a good word for "petroject / Auto service solutions"
in Lindsay street invermay...thanks for the tip off Andrew
just about to try and repair the mini tank thingamahjiggy....
so hopefully the new filter and intank pump will fix the problem......

all i need now is the little tank and the bottles of JW. (as far as i know)
spent most of the night on
http://tech.bentleypublishers.com/ca...ame=volkswagen

and found a tonne of ppl with the same problem, and nearly all of them said it was the intank pump..so..hm....without the testing gear ill have to take my chances..

[dubstar]

If you are still having trouble finding the plastic tank, try www.vwspares.co.nz. I'm sure Nigel and Alan (the owners) will be able to send one over to you.

[86gti]

If you are still having trouble finding the plastic tank, try www.vwspares.co.nz. I'm sure Nigel and Alan (the owners) will be able to send one over to you.

cheers Dubstar!
if patched it up with a fuel proof epoxy for now and it seems to work really well...fixed all that up and put the new filter in and it seems to be fine now...didnt even have to use the new pump....(touch wood)
so as far as i know it was the filter that was the problem...took it for a long drive tonight and got it hot, ran well, tuned it off every few klmz and it started straight away....
cleaned both pumps up and cleaned all contacts..and noticably goes allot better now...
so if you having trouble with fuel starvation replace the filter first n save $$ haha.
ill see how it goes this week..hopefully ive fixed it..

thanks for the help pplz......!!!

[gtimk5]

That sounds like good news Benny. Well done mate. Pain of a weekend for you, eh?

[86gti]

That sounds like good news Benny. Well done mate. Pain of a weekend for you, eh?

lol, yea, just hope that is all it was!
got the intank pump while i was intown just incase..but its good to have spares anyway..
wait n see how it goes through the week