was wondering if i can get a little help. seal was leak. removed top portion that houses the throttle shaft. well my buddy did for me when i was at work. now the car barely idles and wont rev up. called around and people were telling me that the spring was incorrectly installed.

anybody have any diagrams or pictures of the pump that can help me out?

 

PM me with your email. I have done A LOT of work with this type pump, had the same problem also. I will email you with a lot of info. You are close to running though.

 

i found some diagrams the way i figure is i haven't installed the spring properly. at work right now and can't check my e-mail but send it anyways. thanks.

 

May even wanna check in on the first gen forum here. Lots of VE pump gurus there.

 

Just PM'd ya a link! Hope it helps.

 

Hmm , this sounds familiar , I have a friend with 1990 Golf NA diesel , and about every 6 months it will start acting up , all it will do is idle, it will not rev up any.

Our fix this far has been to put a reman IP on it , is there another fix?

 

The original poster's problem is that the throttle lever is not indexed properly to the shaft. Pull the lever off, rotate the shaft counter-clockwise 1 spline, and try again. When it idles normal with the idle screw set where you had it before, you have it right.

 

i got it runnning good now. screwed around with the smoke screw a bit too. now just gotta fix my temp gauge. fix one thing and another arrises.