Seems I tried to wean my Westy last week.  Was running along fine on a level
interstate stretch and all of a sudden I began to slowly lose acceleration
despite depressing the pedal to the floor.  I don't recall if I swerved to
get the tank fuel into the pump but it regained 'altitude' a few seconds
later.  30 seconds later it happened again and I certainly began to swerve
that time to keep the fuel flowing.  Same thing as before.  The last time it
took a nosedive despite my trick.  I never really believed it was out of
fuel because the fuel gauge indicator was not in the red zone.  Anyone know
why the red zone on an '82 (diesel) is 1/4" thick!?  Also, the van didn't
stutter while it lost power or while it regained power.  Mystery.  Do
diesels respond differently to low fuel conditions?

Has anyone else ran out of fuel while outside the red zone?  If I don't get
a reasonable explanation this will be yet another crazy VW oddity I'll warn
me children about.

--
Neil
'82 Diesel Westy
Peace of