re. vapor lock ? //////////whoopssss....

[Dave Aukerman]

Yes.  Up to that point I had swapped out every fuel component to no avail.
Finally took it to a shop and they ran some pressure checks and found it was
the check valve.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: "Dave Aukerman" <aukdav at wcoil.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: re. vapor lock ? //////////whoopssss....


Previous "send" obviously in error:  Didn't get my question asked:  Is the
check valve you mentioned the thingy (©) atop the fuel pump?



At 11:33 AM 10/04/2000 -0400, Dave Aukerman wrote:

>Ran into a similar problem about a year ago.  Drove me nuts.  Problem was
>finally traced to a bad fuel pump check valve.  Car started fine after
>completely cooled down, but never while warm.
>
>Good luck,
>Dave
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: TT <tomasie at wa.freei.net>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 11:55 AM
>Subject: re. vapor lock ? 89 200tq
>
>
> > Could this possibly be the Fuel Accumulator?
> >
> > I always thought its job was to hold fuel pressure to prevent vapor lock
>and
> > improve hot restarts.
> >
> > TT
> >
> >
> >
> > >>Problem:
> > On warm days (75 and above) after about a 15 min drive (or longer and =
> > sometimes shorter) the car will not start until it has rested appox 22.5
=
> > mins (on Tuesdays it is more like 27.5 mins) preferably with its hood =
> > open. This has been going on all summer and is driving me batty. I have
=
> > learned to add an additional 20+ mins to each of my sales calls ... non
=
> > chargeable.
> >
> >
> >
>
>