[Vwdiesel] fuel starved

[Val Christian]

Stuff in the tank, impeding fuel flow.  Does filter inlet look clean?



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> '81 1.6L pickup
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> I live in a mountainous area and I often have to downshift into third gear to maintain speed while cresting a hill.
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> When I have the pedal to the floor at high rpms lately, the engine will hesitate and loose power like the engine is starved for fuel.  If I back off the accelerator pedal a bit, the engine goes back to smooth operation, but of course I end up going quite a bit slower.
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> It does have a brand new fuel filter on it, and it just had a recent head gasket replacement.  The timing appears correct as it doesn't smoke and does have adequate power and gets 50mpg, but I have not actually had the pump timing checked with a gauge.
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> Any suggestions? 
> 
> Craig O
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