[Vwdiesel] IP rebuilders

[Terry Briggs]

oh it's the pump, I have had a minor seepage for awhile now, but 
nothing that caused hard starting, then again, it never sat still for 
more than 12 hours at a time either. Just when I left it sit for a week 
did I have a problem.
On Mar 11, 2007, at 9:24 PM, Sandy Cameron wrote:

> At 08:51 PM 11/03/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>> Ok, I've succumb to the dreaded ip failure, well not totally failed
>> .... yet, but if I let my na golf sit a few days, I have one heck of a
>> time getting it started. It sat a week because of the last snow storm
>> and I had to use my jeep to pull start it because the ip lost prime 
>> and
>> wouldn't start. So........
>>
> What year? A1 or A2
>
> I doubt, if it runs, that the pump is at fault.
>
> It's more likely sucking air at one of the several / many joints in 
> the fuel
> supply line.
>
> And if that were not enough, there are one, possibly 2 stupid little 
> cheap
> plasticcheck valves that fail silently and permit lines to drain back 
> while
> sitting.
>
> Want the full monty? will take quite a while for me to type at the 
> moment,
> one hand doesnt work too well yet
>
> Sandy
>
>
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