Stranded! For the very first time.
Dec. 16th, 2010 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smrgolWell, after 11 Years, 51 weeks and almost 238,000 miles my Passat stranded me for the first time today.
I was in a parking lot close to home doing the "wait for a space" thing when the car just stopped running.
It's definitely a fuel issue, the motor cranks fine and all the electrical "stuff" works.
Hopefully it's a simple thing like a clogged filter and not a pump failure or worse.
Meanwhile the flatbed tow will be at least $125 and the rental (a Chevy HHR - not too bad, but VERY "American") will be about $42 per day ($35 plus 19.625%tax(!)).
Sometimes ya just can't win.
I was in a parking lot close to home doing the "wait for a space" thing when the car just stopped running.
It's definitely a fuel issue, the motor cranks fine and all the electrical "stuff" works.
Hopefully it's a simple thing like a clogged filter and not a pump failure or worse.
Meanwhile the flatbed tow will be at least $125 and the rental (a Chevy HHR - not too bad, but VERY "American") will be about $42 per day ($35 plus 19.625%tax(!)).
Sometimes ya just can't win.
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From:It's Baaack! .... and it was the Fuel pump.
Date: 2010-12-17 11:18 pm (UTC)Parts:
Gas Filter $29.00; Fuel pump Assembly $539.51
Labor:
Charge Battery $20.00; Check Battery System $29.00; Fuel pump installation $320.00
Tax: $97.30
Towing: $130.00
Rental: $75.36
Grand Total: $1300.17
Well, it was another part that just wore out.
Re: It's Baaack! .... and it was the Fuel pump.
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