POLO PROBLEM

Sep 07, 2003 2 Replies

My 2000 VW Polo stalls intermittently, but only when the tank is full or three-quarters full. When I'm running on less than half a tank of petrol, it's fine, and doesn't lose revs or stall at all, but when I fill up to maximum, the problems start. Anyone ever experienced similar problems before? Any ideas what it could be and a solution? Diagnostics don't bring up a fault (I've tried two separate garages) and I'm told to keep driving it until the problem gets worse and will show up on diagnostics. I don't think this is good enough, and want the problem rectified ASAP. It's very strange. Once I've stalled, I can turn the car back on and it's fine, but it's driving me nuts! The car is an automatic 1.4 litre engine by the way.



Cheers,



Mark


Sounds like you have a fuel delivery issue of sorts.

I would attempt changing the fuel filter and see if that changes anything. Next up, try running some fuel injector cleaner through the fuel system and see if that changes anything. Last off, you could try replacing the fuel pump, but I would imagine that it is very erxpensive to do so....

- Peter

Cheers to everyone who answered...I'll let you know how I get on.

Regards,

Mark

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