Fuel Pump and Coolant Temp

Huw Powell audi at humanspeakers.com
Mon Nov 8 19:13:19 PST 2010


> I stopped by my local Autozone the other day (there is a guy who works
> there that used to fix our cars, right at the end of the CIS era and the
> start of the EFI era, and owned an '88 GTI).  He said my stalling
> problem at higher RPM was lack of fuel, not too much (my original
> thought) because it jerks once and stalls, but doesn't sputter.  His
> thought is that my fuel pump is getting worn down and the impeller is
> cavitating when forced to spin faster (aka when more fuel is needed at
> higher RPM, especially when under load).

Naw, CIS runs the same fuel flow 24/7.  Excess is simply returned to 
tank.  Does the thing run ok in the meantime now?  I think it's time for 
you to drop by and we'll tinker.

Sorry about dropping the ball on the coil.

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

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