Car is going to be the death of me!!!

[irishrocket]

MY scirocco is just a complete bastard!!Everytime i have her running right more rust comes through from the tank which will just not clear for me :(:(:( Then when i empty the tank and clean it the car decides that it does not want to idle and just cuts out when ever you take your foot of the accelerator i mean what the speedboat im after pumping a fortune into the car and still cant get it to run right :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

IM so frustrated

[Nate]

have you checked for rusty filler neck and replaced if needed?

have you put a magnet in the tank?

what carb you running?

[the edmundator]

Yeah, I had the same problem with my previous GT. You basically need to dismantle the whole fuel system, replace the cheap bits and thoroughly clean the expensive bits. This will involve stripping down and cleaning out the carb, and blowing through all the fuel lines.

[irishrocket]

Its the tank thats full of rust!!yeah i have tried cleaning the tank i have blown out the lines i think i will have to try clean everything out as said about :) Whats weird is it just stop idling yesterday for no apparent reason you know im so pissed off with the car everytime i replace something it wants something more had to put a new battery in the other day and now this happens i think it will never seen the road :(:(

[Nate]

it'll be not idling as the rust is stopping the fuel getting thru. you need to get rid of the cause of the rust (almost guaranteed to be the filler neck) otherwise it will just keep coming back to haunt you.

get a magnet on a stick and go 'fishing' thru the sender in the top of the tank to get out as much rust as you can. once you've done that, put a strong magnet in the tank away from the pickup. this will then catch any remaining rust and stop it getting sucked up. replace the filler neck (good used, custom stainless or gsf golf one cut down to fit) blow thru the fuel lines and then put a new inline filter on. would be worth having a couple of spares in the glovebox as it will probably clog a few of them before it gets sorted.

if there was any water in the tank (will look like bubbles floating on the bottom) syphon as much out as you can and then treat with some 'wynns dry fuel' - this absorbs water and in a way that lets it harmlessly get burn off.

above all, don't let it get ya down. you'll get there in the end

[ianaudia4]

Instead of getting frustrated with it spending money without solving the problem then maybe bite the bullet and buy a new tank and filler neck, then you can forget about rust in the tank for a good few years. I had to do this with the Scala, the tank cost £135 from GSF (paid up member discount!) and the filler neck I got off someone on here but it is easy enough to modify a Golf one to fit. I have had no problems since.

[LEEP]

all i did mate was take the top fuel sender out take the fuel out then i put a pipe on the end of my old vac and sucked the rust out of the tank,put new inline fliters on sorted

[1lazza]

Sucking fuel and air through an appliance with a 'sparky' electric motor sounds suicidal!

[irishrocket]

Guys iv emptied the tank on numerous occasions scrubbed it best i could drop the magnet in blew out the lines but the filler neck seems cleen?it's the tank itself seems rusty???when you look in the cap under the back seats you can see it!!Iv looked loads of places online for the fuel tank but i cant see one are you sure gsf still sell one??? :):):)

[irishrocket]

I see fuel tanks on gsf mine is a 1.6 so anyone know which of these it is :D

http://secure.gsfcarparts.com/shop/results.asp

Also is that filler neck the one i need??

[the edmundator]

You need the later, larger capacity tank for cars with a space-saver spare. If the filler neck is the one for mk1 Golfs, then that's the right one. Nate put up a guide on modifying it to fit in another post recently (should be added to the FAQ).

[Nate]

save you looking for it:

gsf part number 293VG0130 currently £39 on their website

you need something to cut it with (hacksaw, gas axe, angle grinder etc) a 10mm (i think) spanner and a screwdriver for pipe clips.

remove the old neck 1st. make sure the tank is as empty as you can to avoid spilling. you will need to jack up the drivers side rear corner and take the wheel off.

there is a rubber piece that connects the tank to the neck, help on with a jubilee clip each end. leave this on the tank.

compare the new and old necks next to each other to get an idea of how much you need to cut off. start cutting a little bit off. it is easy to cut a bit more off but quite hard to stick an extra bit back on!



once you've got that done, there is a metal bracket near the bend that will need a delicate adjustment to make it line up with the hole. i used the biggest lump hammer i could find, though a brick, lump of wood or a large boot would probably do the job just as well.



the only problem i had is that the original fuel cap wouldn't fit under the door. an aftermarket replacement from a mk2 astra did the job nicely

[tinkerbel]

checked the website at gsf for the filler neck coming back negative on the part nu 293vg0130 as I might want one. tinkerbel.

[Nate]

checked the website at gsf for the filler neck coming back negative on the part nu 293vg0130 as I might want one. tinkerbel.

?? comes up as a filler neck when i put it in

[irishrocket]

Does not come up as a filler neck for me neither dude :(

Is this the one 186VG0160