Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mhuxv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!mhuxj!mhuxv!pdt From: pdt@mhuxv.UUCP (tyma) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Problem with overheating Rabbit Message-ID: <125@mhuxv.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 19:38:03 EDT Article-I.D.: mhuxv.125 Posted: Mon Jun 11 19:38:03 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jun-84 01:29:46 EDT References: <441@whuxle.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 16 I had a somewhat similar problem with my '78 Rabbit (fuel-injected, made in Deutschland) in that it would run like a top in cold weather but refused to start when the engine was warm. The starter and ignition were A-OK, turning the engine over at my request; but it wouldn't start. If by some quirk of fate I managed to get the engine going, it had little power to offer and nearly died when idling. The problem was traced to a valve in the fuel injection's control-pressure regulation system. Once the leetle part ($29) was replaced, I had no further trouble. I would recommend that you have your mechanic check the fuel pressure throughout the system, working from the fuel pump. My problem was easy to find: the aforesaid valve didn't hold any pressure, so no fuel made it to the engine--it just got pumped back to the tank!