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Hello. I've posted on here in the past but lost my login access so I had to make a new account. You all have been great in helping me keep my Beetle going these past seven years, so I will turn to you with hope you'll aid me once again.
1998 with 107k miles, stock
Since I moved to Charlotte two years ago, I've been to Eurowise twice and they're amazing, did a preventative replacement of my water pump with an all metal one right when we got here, replaced my coolant flange after that.
Only issues I had previous to the one I'm about to describe is with my AC... turning it on makes a horrible noise and the whole car shudders, so my solution was to just not use the AC... simple enough. Yokel local mechanic said it was probably the compressor and that would be ~$800 to replace so yeah we will be going with the pioneer spirit on that one and just living without it until I hit some real money.
Can't lock it because otherwise the security system goes stupid and won't let the car start again for hours, or even days. That's okay, I just don't leave anything of value in the car, and if they steal it... good luck and Godspeed!!
The other issue is that I'm low on brake fluid, the light comes on but the level is just under the level it should be so I've just been waiting for a decent paycheck to go get it flushed/filled and the lines checked.
The day after a long move (~16 hours of short trips back and forth moving houses) my husband borrowed my car to do some errands and calls me, frantic, that my car is making a horrible noise from the engine compartment and that he is parking it and having it towed. He then called me again to say he'd started it up and it was not making the noise. I chalked it up to him being unused to VW and since the car didn't do it again, remained cautious. Then it did make the noise.
It's kind of a whining roar? When it did this, I pulled over safely and shut it off, and each time it would start back up without the noise. The only time it didn't start right back up, I waited a few moments and then it did. This happened perhaps five times over the last month. I'm working two jobs and 50 hours or so a week, so my free time has been limited to make appointments.
Well, that kind of got kinked when I went to go to work a week ago and the sucker wouldn't start. It tried, the engine tries to turn over and the ignition/starter seem to be working, but it won't actually start. I read some forum posts and tried from neutral in case it was the neutral safety switch, and it did start once, but was making the horrible noise, so I shut it back off again.
Based on this, would you say it was a fuel pump issue? If you think its worth the minimal investment to swap it out, let me know... or should I just limp it to Eurowise? If the bill is over $1000, the odds are game over, though that would mean we were screwed when fall comes and my husband goes back to school. For the moment, it can sit while I save... I can drive his Mustang.
1998 with 107k miles, stock
Since I moved to Charlotte two years ago, I've been to Eurowise twice and they're amazing, did a preventative replacement of my water pump with an all metal one right when we got here, replaced my coolant flange after that.
Only issues I had previous to the one I'm about to describe is with my AC... turning it on makes a horrible noise and the whole car shudders, so my solution was to just not use the AC... simple enough. Yokel local mechanic said it was probably the compressor and that would be ~$800 to replace so yeah we will be going with the pioneer spirit on that one and just living without it until I hit some real money.
Can't lock it because otherwise the security system goes stupid and won't let the car start again for hours, or even days. That's okay, I just don't leave anything of value in the car, and if they steal it... good luck and Godspeed!!
The other issue is that I'm low on brake fluid, the light comes on but the level is just under the level it should be so I've just been waiting for a decent paycheck to go get it flushed/filled and the lines checked.
The day after a long move (~16 hours of short trips back and forth moving houses) my husband borrowed my car to do some errands and calls me, frantic, that my car is making a horrible noise from the engine compartment and that he is parking it and having it towed. He then called me again to say he'd started it up and it was not making the noise. I chalked it up to him being unused to VW and since the car didn't do it again, remained cautious. Then it did make the noise.
It's kind of a whining roar? When it did this, I pulled over safely and shut it off, and each time it would start back up without the noise. The only time it didn't start right back up, I waited a few moments and then it did. This happened perhaps five times over the last month. I'm working two jobs and 50 hours or so a week, so my free time has been limited to make appointments.
Well, that kind of got kinked when I went to go to work a week ago and the sucker wouldn't start. It tried, the engine tries to turn over and the ignition/starter seem to be working, but it won't actually start. I read some forum posts and tried from neutral in case it was the neutral safety switch, and it did start once, but was making the horrible noise, so I shut it back off again.
Based on this, would you say it was a fuel pump issue? If you think its worth the minimal investment to swap it out, let me know... or should I just limp it to Eurowise? If the bill is over $1000, the odds are game over, though that would mean we were screwed when fall comes and my husband goes back to school. For the moment, it can sit while I save... I can drive his Mustang.
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