Chugging when I put fuel in car and will die

Asked by Amyqueen Mar 10, 2018 at 07:51 PM about the 1999 Volkswagen Passat 4 Dr GLS 1.8T Turbo Wagon

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When I'm putting fuel in car it will start chugging
and sometimes die and it will not start back up
right away it takes a few tries, what would make
this happen?

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charles answered 6 years ago

Are you putting fuel in it while its running?

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charles answered 6 years ago

So you have other issues. Repair the first issue and you won't need to fill up with it running.

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Bob answered 6 years ago

Stuck open fuel vapor purge solenoid. This will let fuel vapors into the engine when fuelling.

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