Good point,so it does need the return,looks like spanner’s out again and borrow a blow line from someone thanks for your help.

I have swapped them over at the fuel sender so the main fuel line is now connected to the return on the sender and blanked off in the engine bay,and the return is now connected to the carb,hope this makes sense,my question is does the Webber conversion need the return?

Thanks for your reply,I do appreciate your comments,but I suppose my common sense approach is that if I do not need the return feed for the Webber conversion and can use that for the main fuel supply and it has fixed the problem without any long term problems then is a good permanent fix ?

Do I need a return feed to the fuel tank with the Webber conversion?

No,I have no access to an airline I did try putting a thin wire through but had no joy,my real question is will it be ok long term with the swapped fuel lines and has anybody come across the same problem,ie is there a kink or would it be a furring of the metal fuel line? as i can’t see any problems w ...

I have a 1985 mk2 scirocco,I had been having intermittent problems with starting and stalling,the car had an original pierburg carb,I always had in mind that I would one day convert to a Webber carb so started with putting a Webber conversion on,still had intermittent problems,so lifted the back ...

Hi I wonder if anyone can help I have just changed the water temp guage sensor on my mk2 1985 scirocco,took it for a test drive the guage rose quickly to well over half way a lot higher than it ever has,I quickly headed for home turned off opened the bonnet noticed the bottom rad hose wasn’t very h ...

Thanks for the reply,I will inspect as you advised,
Many thanks.

Hi, I have a mk2 pre body kit looking at service history it had filler neck and tank replaced in 2002 at 85000 miles,could anyone tell me (to give me piece of mind) wether the replacement tanks were modified in anyway ie rustproofed to last longer to give me an idea of wether I need to keep an eye ...