Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me please.

Rich-D · Post by **Rich-D** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:19 pm

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

)), 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

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:51 pm

1) you need to post this in the right forum mate
2) probably the fuel pump or filter?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:51 pm

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

Rich-D · Post by **Rich-D** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:10 pm

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

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

Thanks..

Rich

Rich-D · Post by **Rich-D** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:29 pm

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

papercut7 · Post by **papercut7** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:21 pm

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!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:20 am

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

Oh and welcome to the site