'88 90Q - NO Starting, ice in the fuel lines??

[Doug Yoder]

Walter Ikamba wrote:
> I recently changed the fuel pump in the fall the car was running fine
> and then this winter I have had continuous problems starting with
> car. The mechanic claims its ice in the fuel lines/filter. But I
> didn't have this problem last year with the previous fuel pump. It is
> definitely fuel starvation that is preventing the car from starting.
> The plugs, rotor, and basically all electronics are new or have been
> checked. I was thinking that maybe the guys who installed the fuel
> pump maybe didn't return it to its original housing and hence it is
> more susceptible to the cold than it was previously hence the
> freezing up. This has happened to me 4 times now. I had it towed to
> the mechanic and he's stumped he checked everything. To add insult to
> injury the car started after about 4 kicks when he tried and run
> fine.. Then  after a week it died again. Right now it won't start for
> nothing. The batteries is now dying too. Anyone? any ideas.
> 

Do they put Ethanol in the gas where you fill up?  Have you tried
putting "Heet" in the gas tank?
My fuel pump failed a month ago.  I thought the fuel lines were frozen.
  My mechanic, surprisingly, thought it very unlikely, given the amount
of ethanol they put in the gas around here.

-Doug Yoder