surging

Timmy · Post by **Timmy** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 5:18 pm

HELP!
My FTO if driven for long periods starts to surge, It will rev ok but will not drive. If i turn it off and back on it will be ok for 25-30km more?
This does not happen around town only if driven cont for 30min or more.
Any help would be great!. Also how do i order parts and pay for them? THANKS

Black_FTOGPX · Post by **Black_FTOGPX** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:23 pm

Is it tiptronic or manual?

Timmy · Post by **Timmy** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:41 am

Its manual. And it happens more if i get a bit heavy footed!

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:46 am

you mean it will rev but wont go anywhere with the clutch fully out and in gear ?? sounds like your clutch is gone

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:24 pm

I have that when i'm completele out of petrol. My suggestion would be to look at your fuel system, and work out if the fuel is being delivered properly.

scracy · Post by **scracy** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:29 pm

Im in agreeance with boris sounds like a fuel problem,how much fuel is in the tank when this happens? If its low say less than 1/4 tank it could be some crap in the fuel tank?

dannyboyau · Post by **dannyboyau** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:24 pm

try changing your fuel filter in the engine bay on the firewall

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:21 am

make sure you use two spanners to undo the fuel filter, one to hold the fuel line, and one to undo the fuel filter.... make sure you dont twist the fuel line as i did using one wrench...

Timmy · Post by **Timmy** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:31 pm

Yeah my first thought was crap in the fuel line and i have orderd a new filter but yet to rec it as im in Darwin and have to order all my parts from down south takes a while to get here. Just thought that one of you guys may have had this prob before and found it was somthing else.

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:44 pm

There's also another fuel filter under the back seat.

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:28 pm

ruchi wrote:There's also another fuel filter under the back seat.

Heya, I did not know that, I changed the normal fuel filter in the engine bay at 100k, should you change the one under the back seat at the same time ? is it the same type of fuel filter ?

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:55 pm

Ruchi hits Gav over the head with the search button, picks him up and points him in the right direction

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... pic&t=2107

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... pic&t=2329

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:12 pm

Thanks ruchi, I swear my Memory is very simialr to a gold fishs, cause looking over those threads i think i read them

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:18 pm

LOL!

No probs.

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:31 pm

i doubt it would be the fuel filter? Because if it was blocked, the surging would happen all the time right??

Anyway surging can be a hard problem to find the fault.

Could be a rang of things, TPS, Fuel Pump, etc etc.

fuel starvation isnt good for the engine either, leaning out is a really bad problem to have.

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:11 am

If you get water in the fuel, and therefore in the filter, that is how it sounds.

Drives OK for a while, then really bad surging. Leave for a while, and it is OK for a bit then surging again.

First stop, change the fuel filter. Cheapest and easiest of all the possibilities. Don't always think that a big problem needs a big solution.