Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me please.

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Rich-D
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Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me please.

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Hi everyone, great lookin forum you have here, only just discovered it.
Sorry but my first post is a cry for help.

My Girlfriend bought a '94 Polo Boulevard a couple of months ago, she cant drive yet and the poor little thing has sat on the drive waiting for her.
(It ran sweet as a nut when she bought it)

I went out this morning to give it a run after sitting idle for around 2 months (the car, not me :wink: )), put the freshly charged battery on and turned the key...........

Engine turned over fine but wouldnt fire !

Have checked all the ignition system, thats fine (poured a small amount of fuel into the carb and it fired straight away on the key, then spluttered and died )

I know its got fuel in the tank as the gauge is showing 1/4 tank.
I pulled off (what i asumed was ) a fuel pipe off of what looks like a pump at the off side front of the engine bay and it was dry as a bone !!

So, what could be the problem ? is there a common fault that occurs after these cars have sat for a while?
Could the fuel pump have siezed or are there relays i could investigate?



Looked in the haynes manual, all that said was take it to a dealer and get them to plug into the ECU fault finder thingy!

Want to avoid the dealers as i know that will cost her a packet, all her funds are going on learning to drive at the mo, so would love to get her Polo up and running sweet again for her.

Thanks in advance.

Rich :cry:
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1) you need to post this in the right forum mate
2) probably the fuel pump or filter?
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Post by Phoenix »

silly i know dude but try getting a jerry can and put some petty in it, might be a dodgy fuel gauge. my mates just done that with his fiesta, was reading fuel but the sender was nakered, luckly he hadn't spent anything on it first.

worth a try anyway especially as 2month old fuel isn't that good :P
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Post by Rich-D »

Sorry if i posted in the wrong place, thought this was ok.... :oops:

Point taken re the fuel, will pop out an get some fresh, just in case.

Thanks..

Rich
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Post by Rich-D »

Just put a fivers worth of juice in ....
still no joy.

Should i be able to hear the fuel pump prime or anything like that, cos i cant lol, no buzzes or whines...

Rich
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Post by papercut7 »

yes, when you turn the key you should be able to hear the pump prime...little buzzing oise from under the dash. mate had a prob with his g40 doing this...he just went under the bonnet and either flicked the realy or tapped it or something...and it cured the problem...try that!
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Post by Tim_GTi »

Just so you know, the best place for this is the markIV (6N) section,

Oh and welcome to the site 8)
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