[T3] Fuel/Air Issue

Jacob Hoffman jacob at jacobhoffman.com
Tue Jul 15 16:02:38 PDT 2014


Those symptoms are exactly what happened to me, recently, in my '71 FI AT
square. The issue for me was that the fuel pump wasn't running, but it was
hard to tell in a noisy parking lot.  In the end, it turned out to be a
faulty fuel pump relay.  It would click, it just wouldn't power the pump. I
would definitely start with turning the key on, listening for the relay
under the back seat, listen for the fuel pump humm, and then the relay
under the dash 1 second later. If that sequence isn't happening, no fuel
for you.
> On Jul 15, 2014 2:06 PM, "Gary Gamboa" <gary_gamboa at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I have have the car running and I took a 20 minute drive the  other
day. But I let it sit for a week and the battery died and wouldn't take a
charge. Put in new battery and tried to start it up. It starts for about
ten seconds, idling normally and then dies. If I try to restart, it doesn't
want to start even if I give it more gas. On the chance that it does start
briefly, when I give it gas, even slowly, it dies.
> >
> > Gary
> > '71 FI AT Square
> >
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