Very interesting.  I think, given the responses, I learned a VW lesson.  The
fuel tank and/or gauge design, . . . sucks, . . . air.

On 6/5/08, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> When these symptoms happened to me, it was an intermittent failure of the
> fuel pump.  M
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
>

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Neil
'82 Diesel Westy
Peace of