[Vwdiesel] It lives

[Erik Lane]

That lever pulls on a spring inside the pump. I expect it's a little gummed
up in there. Run a bunch of good additive like the Stanadyne stuff through
it and hopefully that will clean it up.

I would bet on it coming back to good working order after running for a
while. The pump heating up internally might also help.

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Dave Newlin <dhanew at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
>  Thanks for all of your help trying to get this diesel Rabbit of mine
> running that has been sitting for 9 years. I was able to use your tips to
> get it running although it will only run on fresh diesel hooked up to the
> pump inlet. I took the line off from the filter and I am running it having
> in a bottle of new diesel. I need to get as much of the old diesel out of
> the tank and get new stuff in there. Hooked up to the fuel filter the engine
> fires, but won't keep running. I started it this afternoon, a beautiful
> Spring day in Michigan and it came to life belching white smoke out of the
> engine, blocking the sun and leading my neighbor to come by and ask me if I
> am running kerosene in it. I felt sort of like Dr. Frankenstein yelling "It
> lives! It lives!"
>
>  I have one problem so far. The throttle doesn't work. I pull the lever at
> the engine or push down the pedal and the engine doesn't increase or
> decrease in RPM. Is this just a matter of running it a while and it will
> clear up and it will begin to work or is it something bigger.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
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