philtvr 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 When my car gets low on petrol 1/4 -1/8 full , it will cut out going round tight corners then when straight again it kicks back in and alls fine. Once i fill up again with petrol i have no troubles till the level again gets low.Now by my amazing powers of deduction i realise its to do with petrol moving in the tank as i go round corners so there is no fuel to be drawn by the pump, is this a common problem easy fix??? Link to post Share on other sites
SteveWalker 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Hi,Alot of cars with electric fuel pumps under or behind the tank have baffles to stop the fuel sloshing about starving the pump when low and cornering or going up hill (early mk3 XR3i's were really bad for this).Having never pulled a Golf tank apart to peek inside I cannot say if they are baffled or not but they should be. However have you hit or damaged the tank at all? We used to see a lof of cars where the tank had been hit and the fuel then sits to the side of the ding - sometimes starving the pickup pipe for the pump.Might be worth a prod about with the tank dropped to see if it is crushed in anyways. The other nasty btw is a blocked breather and having the tank "implode" so that it again has changed shape ...Regards,Steve Link to post Share on other sites
Littlebear 0 Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I have the same problem with my corrado I don't believe the tanks are baffled. I have looked around and no dents on my tank. I am going to check the breather but I just think the tanks were never baffled Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I never let mine get that low as all the crap is usually inthe nottom of the tank.....i know fuel filter will pick it up, but when that gets clogged then fuel starvation Link to post Share on other sites
vr6newcomer 1 Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 i suggest you fill up a bit sooner mate, you dont really want crap from the bottom of your tank going into your engine. Link to post Share on other sites
SiGainey 1 Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Does the fuel not normally get removed from the bottom and therefore it's irrelevant as to how much is in there as the crud will always be at the bottom of the tank ??? Link to post Share on other sites
philtvr 0 Posted June 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 you normally either have a swirl pot or a sump in the tank so there is always fuel for the pump, filling up before it gets down to qurter of a tank, i imagine , is not what VW intended as this would be empty on the gauge if this was the case, i presume its crud in the filter or a dodgy pipe somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 But the lower it gets the more chance of the crap getting sucked thro. When tank is full it doesn't move about as much, think about stones in a fish tank, dont move when full but empty it stones start to move about with the water Link to post Share on other sites
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