[Vwdiesel] fuel starved

[Tom Krummell]

I had an '81 Dasher diesel 1.6 when we lived near the California coast, and
had the same problem.  The problem was algae growing in the fuel tank
around the screen where fuel went to the engine.  At the recommendation of
the dealer, and after cleaning out the accumulated algae, a product called
Siloo was used regularly and the problem never occurred again.  Siloo at
that time was available at Napa.  It is an algaecide, and it worked.

Tom Krummell
Roseville, CA


On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:24 AM, <cosborn at epix.net> wrote:

> '81 1.6L pickup
>
> I live in a mountainous area and I often have to downshift into third gear
> to maintain speed while cresting a hill.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Craig O
>
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