Re: VR6 EMERGENCY: Need everyone's help!!!

[Peter Rosario <bronxtale2@yahoo.com>]

It is nothing! Something similiar happened to me 1
week ago...

I was on my way to work, gas was low, but not in the
RED. I knew I could make it to work. I was checking
out a sweet looking babe, so I was very lazy in my
shifting. The car almost stalled, but I caught itjust
in time. As a result the C.E. light came on! I
panicked! When I was close to my job, I filled up the
tank and let it sit. At lunch, the damn C.E. light was
still on. On the way home it turned off!

If the engine does not get enough gas, the sensor on
the injectors, triggers the C.E. light.

Peace!
Pete 





--- "D.J. Bergesen" <achtungvr6@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Folks, this is a new problem (unless it has
> something to do with my 
> previously unanswered posts) involving start-up.
> 
> I got in my car with a low tank of gas. Not
> extraorinarily low, just ready 
> to be filled on my way to work. I put the key in and
> turned it - everything 
> fired up as normal. RPMs to 2500, then dropped off
> entirely. Not super-fast, 
> but not as slowly as they would coming down to idle.
> There was NOTHING 
> unusual in terms of sounds or anything, so I figured
> maybe I hadn't held the 
> key forward long enough. So I did it again. And so
> did it. RPMs shot up, 
> then sank to nothing. Third time I juiced the pedal
> right away, then stayed 
> on it, not letting revs drop past 1500. I drove
> cautiously around the bend 
> to the gas station and filled it up. Driving, I
> noticed the "Check Engine 
> light" on. As soon as I let the RPMs fall past 1K,
> the car shut itself off, 
> and I had to put all 165# on the brake pedal to
> avoid hitting the pump.
> 
> At the pump, I popped the hood. Visual inspection
> normal, olfactory 
> inspection normal. Filled up halfway, then started
> her up again. Revs UP, 
> Revs down. Again. Second try I stayed on the
> throttle and drove back home. 
> In the parking lot of the apt, I let off the gas,
> but this time the car DID 
> NOT die. Check engine light still on. Turned off the
> car, went upstairs to 
> grab the checkbook. Came down, started up no
> problem. Drove 7 miles through 
> town with no problem - not a hitch - despite
> stop-and-go. Parked at work, 
> turned off car. Waited. Started up again - no
> problem (except "C.E." light).
> 
> Ideas? I wanted to check the fuel filter, but
> wondered why I'd have the 
> emmissions related light with a faulty/clogged fuel
> filter. Bad injectors? 
> Maybe. But for either one I'd expect more stutter.
> everything was velvety 
> smooth, even when the car was dying. It just
> wouldn't hold its idle. Am I 
> way off base? I need to replace my belt, but don't
> really think it could be 
> related to that. I NEED YOUR HELP WISE JETTA OWNERS
> (and yes, GTI ones 
> too)!!!
> 
> God Bless,
> DJ
>
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