# "dragging" effect below 1/4 tank, 04 New Beetle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/dragging-effect-below-1-4-tank-04-new-beetle/52808>\
**Category:** Buying/Selling\
**Tags:** selling, beetle, volkswagen\
**Created:** [August 1, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dragging-effect-below-1-4-tank-04-new-beetle/52808 "2010-08-01T17:56:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![itsberyl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@itsberyl](https://community.cartalk.com/u/itsberyl)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dragging-effect-below-1-4-tank-04-new-beetle/52808/1 "2010-08-01T17:56:44Z")

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Below 1/4 tank, sometimes get sensation that car is being pulled backwards for a couple of seconds- then car is fine.  
  
 Suspect a ping pong ball is in fuel tank, at low fuel levels it rolls around and sometimes block fuel. Weird 'cause another '04 New Beetle owner seems to have a ping pong ball too!

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dragging-effect-below-1-4-tank-04-new-beetle/52808/2 "2010-08-01T18:01:09Z")

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There’s no way to force a ping pong ball down the filler pipe, and even if you did it wouldn’t block the pump intake.

Have a mechanic measure the fuel pressure, especially at 1/4 tank or less.

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**Author:** ![gruppe-b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@gruppe-b](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gruppe-b)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dragging-effect-below-1-4-tank-04-new-beetle/52808/3 "2010-08-01T19:55:57Z")

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nah,i don’t think there’s any way to fit an object like that into the filler neck.one thing it could very well be is that your in-tank fuel pump might be getting ready to die,your fuel pump relay,or possibly your fuel filter is clogged up with something.i used to own a NB Turbo and its fuel pump died very suddenly one day sitting right in the dealer lot~it’d just had other repairs fixed,too(what luck!) ;oh,that thing was such a lemon…