![]() 10/11/2019 at 20:00 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
I replac ed the fuel filter and tightened all my grounds (the valve cover to coil was a bit loose) and it now runs great. My working theory is this: when low on gas, the pump picked up sediment, clogging the filter. With the filter clogged, fuel delivery obviously was poor, causing a misfire, loosening an already iffy ground.
I also swapped the battery for my spare. My idle isn’t even lopey anymore. I’m also getting better fuel economy. Today was a good day. Now I just need to do timing, PCV, fuel pressure regulator, get a real exhaust, r eplace fron t O2 sensor, get a hawg ass cam, put a chip in the ECU, clean up some rust, and I'll be ready for winter.
![]() 10/11/2019 at 22:34 |
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Good work. Winter is coming soon, so you’d better hurry!
![]() 10/12/2019 at 01:21 |
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Nah, winter is like, three years away
![]() 10/12/2019 at 08:09 |
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Riiiiiiiiight.....
![]() 10/14/2019 at 14:31 |
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Fuel pumps always pump from the bottom of the tank so running the level low has no effect on picking up sediment
![]() 10/14/2019 at 14:44 |
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Right. However, there exist sediments that float in gas, as I saw when I opened the tank in the Jetta.
![]() 10/16/2019 at 12:53 |
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If you saw something floating in the gas it got there when you open the fuel tank