Bad fuel?
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It just might be bad fuel.
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It's at local German car specialist shop, won't have a diagnosis til Monday. Guess I'll be taking the bus to work
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It's at local German car specialist shop, won't have a diagnosis til Monday. Guess I'll be taking the bus to work
You need a beater for these very reasons. I've got one it's a 2002 Mazda. It needs jump started when I fire it up but it has been helpful sometimes.It's at local German car specialist shop, won't have a diagnosis til Monday. Guess I'll be taking the bus to work
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You need a beater for these very reasons. I've got one it's a 2002 Mazda. It needs jump started when I fire it up but it has been helpful sometimes.
I had a crappy 93 ranger a year ago I should have kept.
Total clunker, insanely heavy clutch, 200+k miles. But that thing never had any mechanical issue ever. Ended up selling it and it's been converted into a tailgate vehicle.
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Lol. Cool man very cool.
I bought a 2004 1200 sportster and going to put a hard tail kit in it. Paint the frame orange and the tank and fenders Brown. It should be a good look. I'm starting it next spring.
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If it's a fuel pump I'll probably just tow it home again honestly and diy it.
Volkswagen doesn't play no games it's basically a 20 minute job with only screw drivers but I know the shop would ding me for something like $500 probably
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If it's a fuel pump I'll probably just tow it home again honestly and diy it.
Volkswagen doesn't play no games it's basically a 20 minute job with only screw drivers but I know the shop would ding me for something like $500 probably
Ya but the bad thing about a fuel pump once you submerse it in you can't get a refund. Let's say that's what you thought it was, turns out it wasn't; no getting your money back. Or you just get a bad one; no getting your money back.If it's a fuel pump I'll probably just tow it home again honestly and diy it.
Volkswagen doesn't play no games it's basically a 20 minute job with only screw drivers but I know the shop would ding me for something like $500 probably
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Car running half tank, top off tank, won't run.....I'd guess bad gas first.
Did you check with station for other bad gas complaints? Especially before they correct the problem -and- they might be liable for your expenses.
.....where's The Gipper when you need him? He'd know that for sure!
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Could be so many things- good luck with that. Dirty fuel injectors? Water in the gas via condensation in the tanks?
gas engine - you put diesel fuel in it? (haha, nobody would...no wait, I actually DID do that when I was in the service,
on a weekend trip...)
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Could be so many things- good luck with that. Dirty fuel injectors? Water in the gas via condensation in the tanks?
gas engine - you put diesel fuel in it? (haha, nobody would...no wait, I actually DID do that when I was in the service,
on a weekend trip...)
I've done it too. I got down the road about a mile and that's all she went. It was in Iowa and I had to stay in a motel/tattoo parlor. Met a dude named Knuckles and he was very cool.Could be so many things- good luck with that. Dirty fuel injectors? Water in the gas via condensation in the tanks?
gas engine - you put diesel fuel in it? (haha, nobody would...no wait, I actually DID do that when I was in the service,
on a weekend trip...)
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Things are different now Gumby. Now they just plug a box in and it tells you what's wrong. Not like the olden days of guessing and listening Lol.Could be as simple as a vacuum hose leak or grit in fuel filter but worst could be ignition coils(3 small black boxes screwed to ignition plate) or possible EGR valve which mixes air & gas if its got one, Hope for hose or grit in fuel filter, but you got it at the right place. EGR or Coils run about the same $$ but (hose or filter runs less) with proper checks mechanic will eliminate trail & error expense..good luck
Things are different now Gumby. Now they just plug a box in and it tells you what's wrong. Not like the olden days of guessing and listening Lol.
Truth,politely am only 53 not 103. for the last 25 years I have diy'd several mail delivery cars to their slow death. surly none have been a VW but. I have about 3 diagnostic boxes & their about useless unless your Ck. Eng. Lt is on to receive codes from cars computer. If the Ck.Eng Lt. was on, it's more likely a sensor. If light was not on, my $ is on Fuel filter which was a easy low cost fix before you would get into a Fuel Pump, which can be tricky unless the dead give away was no noise from pump. which Bbed says he can still hear, the mechanic can test the pressure under hood on fuel line with gauge if it's still a low pressure pump issue.But them damn German car specialty shops? Hitler may have BBed by the nads & Hope he's still not holding any grudges but holding the old part he replaced
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I've worked my early career in maintenance plus I'm an old motorhead back when you could actually fix your own cars -but- I still believe in checking the easiest most fundamental and often the least expensive things first.
Fuses, switches, connectors first before before tearing into anything complicated or expensive.
What's all involved now in checking your engine for contaminated fuel?
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Bad enough if it's the fuel pump but they have to drop that tank and it's full. Lol. What make and model and year?
2012 VW Jetta GLI
Don't have to drop the tank for the fuel pump, there's an access hole under the rear seat.
2012 VW Jetta GLI
Don't have to drop the tank for the fuel pump, there's an access hole under the rear seat.
You own a VW, that's the problem.
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I've owned a couple of VW's. First was a 1969 VW bug I bought in Long Beach. Wouldn't start if it rained (don't believe the 'it never rains in southern California). But it was a tank. No heater, no air cond. AM radio only, 4 speed stick. The next one was a 2001 VW GTI. Nothing but electrical problems. Coils went twice. Car wouldn't go past 45 mph and jerked. Warranty covered it. Then the power windows, then wouldn't start (computer glitch). I traded it in and never looked at another VW.
"You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970. -
Car running half tank, top off tank, won't run.....I'd guess bad gas first.
Did you check with station for other bad gas complaints? Especially before they correct the problem -and- they might be liable for your expenses.
.....where's The Gipper when you need him? He'd know that for sure!
Car running half tank, top off tank, won't run.....I'd guess bad gas first.
Did you check with station for other bad gas complaints? Especially before they correct the problem -and- they might be liable for your expenses.
.....where's The Gipper when you need him? He'd know that for sure!
Yea nothing, guy just said no my gas is good.
Plenty of people filled up and left while I waited there, but my car takes premium which much less people get/require.
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I've owned a couple of VW's. First was a 1969 VW bug I bought in Long Beach. Wouldn't start if it rained (don't believe the 'it never rains in southern California). But it was a tank. No heater, no air cond. AM radio only, 4 speed stick. The next one was a 2001 VW GTI. Nothing but electrical problems. Coils went twice. Car wouldn't go past 45 mph and jerked. Warranty covered it. Then the power windows, then wouldn't start (computer glitch). I traded it in and never looked at another VW.
I've owned a couple of VW's. First was a 1969 VW bug I bought in Long Beach. Wouldn't start if it rained (don't believe the 'it never rains in southern California). But it was a tank. No heater, no air cond. AM radio only, 4 speed stick. The next one was a 2001 VW GTI. Nothing but electrical problems. Coils went twice. Car wouldn't go past 45 mph and jerked. Warranty covered it. Then the power windows, then wouldn't start (computer glitch). I traded it in and never looked at another VW.
Newer ones are not bad, there's a lot of smart things I appreciate when I do anything to it. (Access holes for fog lights, the fuel pump access under the seat, etc.)
Even 10 years ago they were notorious for electrical problems but they aren't too bad now.
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I've worked my early career in maintenance plus I'm an old motorhead back when you could actually fix your own cars -but- I still believe in checking the easiest most fundamental and often the least expensive things first.
Fuses, switches, connectors first before before tearing into anything complicated or expensive.
What's all involved now in checking your engine for contaminated fuel?
What's all involved now in checking your engine for contaminated fuel?
Probably disconnect the fuel filter and run the fuel pump to collect some gas in a container.
I'll fix it myself depending on what it is, if it's bad gas I'll let the shop handle the tank draining.
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Ok I've posted enough on this topic. My guess fuel pump.Probably disconnect the fuel filter and run the fuel pump to collect some gas in a container.
I'll fix it myself depending on what it is, if it's bad gas I'll let the shop handle the tank draining.
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Ok I've posted enough on this topic. My guess fuel pump.
Yea I regret taking it to the shop but all my tools are at my mom's house.
Should have rented a fuel pressure tester and tested a few things because if they tell me it's a bad fuel pump I'll be towing it to her house to replace it myself to save a few hundred bux
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Ok I've posted enough on this topic. My guess fuel pump.
Yea I regret taking it to the shop but all my tools are at my mom's house.
Should have rented a fuel pressure tester and tested a few things because if they tell me it's a bad fuel pump I'll be towing it to her house to replace it myself to save a few hundred bux
I hope it's not the fuel pump man seriously I hope I'm wrong.Yea I regret taking it to the shop but all my tools are at my mom's house.
Should have rented a fuel pressure tester and tested a few things because if they tell me it's a bad fuel pump I'll be towing it to her house to replace it myself to save a few hundred bux
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