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Re: Fuel pressure too high
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 6 Mar 2018 13:31:49 -0800
The fuel pump should go on/off briefly once key is turned to ignition on; it doesn't run after that until engine has...
Re: fuel tank outlet vs fuel filter inlet
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Sun, 16 May 2010 21:05:30 -0400
...either my fuel tank was specifically designed with a larger outlet to > not use that filter and to plumb right to the fuel pump...
Re: Fuel pump stops.
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Wed, 3 Aug 2005 10:53:37 -0500
...I noticed that the fuel pump stops pumping. I rigged up 12 Volts and powered the pump manually. It runs and the engine starts...
Re: Locked fuel Pump - how to free up?
Historical mailing list - cesar quiros
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:31:00 -0700
...Locked fuel Pump - how to free up? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Got my locked fuel pump out of my Carat. . It bumps - tries...
Re: Fuel Pump Noise
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:09:47 -0700
...In spite of having installed all new parts at the time, the fuel pump on my '81 has always been noisy. It gets noisier...
Whats that sound? My fuel pump!!!
Historical mailing list - Brush, John
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 13:45:05 -0600
...running, turns out its >the fuel pump, is it normal to be able to hear the fuel pump? On my 81 Vanagon, I get...
Fryeday pictures - Maggie changes her fuel pump
Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:46:24 -0700
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/denazin2000/my_photos and click on "fuel pump". My Sis thought I looked pretty ridiculous with socks on...
Re: van won't start, making progress
Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
Sat, 24 Aug 2002 21:16:16 -0600
...Allows a much more liesurely approach to troubleshooting ;) The theory is that the AFM turns on the fuel pump when the spring-loaded gate...
Re: fuel pump power consumption?
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:30:23 -0400
...fuel pump power consumption? Anyone have their own testing data for how much power a working fuel pump draws? I am getting conflicting information...
Re: ba6 heater
Historical mailing list - jimt
Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:27:50 -0600
...It pumps a metered squirt of fuel when triggered rather than a continuous flow. Take the pump and connect one side to ground. Take...
Re: loud fuel pump
Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:13:34 -0400
I got about 4 more months out of my buzzing fuel pump before the fuel pressure got so low that I barely made it...
Strange no start problem - issue with fuel pump relay - input requested!
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Fri, 4 Aug 2006 07:43:37 -0700
...At any rate, if we jumper (30 to 87) the fuel pump relay, we get fuel pressure, the fuel injectors pulse, and the car...
Re: looking for technical assistance in Wisconsin or Michigan/UP
Historical mailing list - Vince S
Wed, 8 Sep 2004 12:07:21 -0700
What! Vanagon's standard configuration has a fuel filter downstream of the pump. The safety cut off may be 110 PSI but I seems...
Quantum 5 cyl won't start( no Vanagon..)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 04:48:24 EDT
Does anyone know if the ECU controls the ground for the fuel pump? I am familiar with Digifant but not CIS and my listmember...
Re: Black Nylon Fuel Return Hose Kink. Opinions? PICS.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:31:24 -0800
...The fuel pump was new at time of swap as was fuel tank, seals etc. I deleted the pre pump filter, images: https://picasaweb...
Re: wtb - 2wd fuel pump mounting bracket
Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:17:43 -0700
...rubber bits you mention, plus the metal pieces that wrap the fuel pump and the metal piece that bolts to the frame. Thanks. On...
Re: fuel pump noise
Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:11:47 -0500
Mine does this when the fuel filter clogs. I always carry a spare pump and filter, just in case (and have used both on...
Re: Sorting out mechanical issues 85
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Mon, 5 Sep 2022 17:29:43 +0000
No, you are not getting "air" in there. Those fuel pumps are very powerful. The bubbles (and noise) are due to vacuum. This is...
Re: diesel gas conversion - fifth day
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 5 May 2002 21:38:42 -0700
I have been quite successful in using the Vanagon fuel pumps - most A2 model Golf and Jetta have internal fuel pumps that do not...
Leaking fuel-pump?
Historical mailing list - Truls Erik Johnsen
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:26:38 +0200
...http://superelectric.net/transporter/0004.html This is his advice: "Looks like the mech fuel pump is leaking at the base. I'd go...
Fuel pumps
Historical mailing list - Niall Mac Caughey
Fri, 12 May 2006 12:14:05 +0100
Hi folks, I'm repeating my fuel pump question as I think the original got lost in the E85 thread. Does anyone know the...
Anybody want to swap a fuel pump for a newer cat and muffler??
Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:00:31 EST
Hi all- The fuel pump on my Subaru Vanagon hybrid is starting to make some noise. I swapped filters- still a little noisy. I...
Re: $5 Fuel Filter! Really!
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:38:02 -0400
...So, the later ones only have a filter *after* the fuel pump? Could this be why I hear so much about fuel pump failures...
Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
Historical mailing list - most david
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:45:52 -0700
It's been one month, and I've made no real progress in solving my "intermittent power at fuel pump when turning key on...
Re: Fuel Pump Noise
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:36:48 -0500
...Fuel Pump Noise Aside from the normal startup sound, every once in awhile I hear a noise that sounds like cavitation noises? Like what...
Re: fuel pump mounts
Historical mailing list
Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:19:59 -0700
On a Rabbit or Jetta the Raidiator Mounts are the same as a fuel pump mount. My $00.02 Kyle -- Kyle Wade (408) 462...
85 Westy Fuel Pump buzzing
Historical mailing list - Steve Laurenzano
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 09:19:59 -0500
The fuel pump on my 85 is making a buzzing sound. Is this a sign that it is at death's door? Great List...
Re: Final stage of my long term fuel pump issue - what would you do?
Historical mailing list - Curt Newsome
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:28:15 -0700
...Plus a ruined fuel pump. I have enough projects to do without doing some twice - sucks! --- Mike Rouby <mikerouby@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > The filter...
Re: fuel tank clogged
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:34:00 -0500
You could get a piece of hose and connect the fuel pump to a clean full gas can to test it for sure. A...
Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:28:19 -0800
...fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering Fuel systems for years had the filter between the pump and the carberator. Of course diaphragm pumps only...
Re: Fuel pump cutoff switch?
Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:29:27 -0400
...The problem I see with this is that after the attempted theft you stand a pretty good chance of needing a new fuel pump...
Re: Getting nervous now
Historical mailing list - John Klun
Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:49:38 -0700
...If it isn't the fuel filter, it's more likely your fuel pump(s). We have also experienced the very same problem you...
<No subject>
Historical mailing list - Ray Nemo
Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:57:45 EST
...Replaced fuel pump also. I'm suspicious of rust, and I am not sure whether the pump is "upstream" of the filter. FLAPS has...
broke down in Portland, need help
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 9 Jun 2019 07:29:11 -0700
...According to us (me, him and the the tow truck driver) it's a dead fuel pump. He replaced fuel pump relay, ignition switch...
Re: NEED GAS TANK
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:49:53 -0400
...Both the tank and fuel pump >are original (the fuel line isn't though, I replaced it when I bought the >van). Am I...
Re: vanagon won't start
Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:46:08 -0500
Rick, Did you hear the fuel pump running about 3 seconds while you turn ignition on but BEFORE you start the engine? If it...
Re: Fuel tank question...
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:03:49 -0700
...Blowing the compressed air back into the fuel like from the tank cleared the screen inside, now everything is good again. Fuel pump is...
Re: Vanagon Gas Tank/Fuel System measurements
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Tue, 11 May 2010 11:48:11 -0400
...Right? Then the > outlet to the fuel pump is smaller..... 7mm? > > I know the current system I have is very gerry-rigged with it...
Stumbling after fuel filter change
Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:11:25 -0500
...Changed both the plastic fuel filter pre-fuel pump and the high pressure filter post-fuel pump. Van stopped bucking, but now it stumbles...
Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 2 Jul 2014 16:06:55 -0700
...If the ecu doesn't see that... > fuel pump signal is turned off. > > > On 7/2/2014 11:09 AM, Steven Johnson wrote: >> God...
Re: Drove off a 9'' curb, and she just died
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:40:11 -0800
Stuart, thanks for clarifying the coil thing. "You should be able to hear the fuel pump spin for a second or two when you...
Fuel Pump Problems
Historical mailing list - Chad G
Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:49:16 -0500
...I tested the fuel pump to see if it was the culprit. I ran a wire off the battery to the pump.......the pump...
Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:02:26 -0400
...Why they would take a filter out from in front of a $200 fuel pump is beyond me... and putting one after a pump...
Re: loud fuel pump.
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:09:18 -0500
...loud fuel pump. Look around salvage yards and pick up a spare pump. Most times I get them for about $25.00 You can...
Re: Good fuel filter arrangement?
Historical mailing list - WELLHOUSE MAX
Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:31:54 -0500
...I wanted the fuel pump to never see any rust from the tank or grunge from bad gas or vandals putting something in the...
Re: Alternative to stock Vanagon fuel pump
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Tue, 9 Aug 2005 23:33:43 -0500
Alas, I long for the days when my 79 breadloaf fuel pump would die(had dual 2 barrel webers on it) and all I...
Re: NEED GAS TANK
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:36:51 -0700
...Both the tank and fuel pump are original (the fuel line isn't though, I replaced it when I bought the van). Am I...
Re: Whats that sound? My fuel pump!!!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 16:18:27 -0400
...I have no idea why the fuel filter >being dirty causes such a sound, but it certainly does. Makes a vacuum in the pump...
Re: Bigger Problem than Coolent Sensor
Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
Sun, 10 Jun 2001 09:26:29 -0400
I don't know if anybody suggested this, but what about the fuel pump? I just replaced my fuel pump after months of hesitations...
Re: Bus won't start after winter storage
Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:26:45 -0400
...Checked for voltage on the fuel pump and found nothing. Replaced the fuel pump relay and the other one beside it and still nothing...
Re: What's the difference between ecodiesel and regular turbodiesel?
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:02:58 -0500
...pump has a boost enrichment circuit which pumps more fuel into the engine when under boost pressure, and the ECOdiesel inj. pump does not...
Re: What component causes the fuel pump to come on for a second or two when I turn on the ignition to the first position (no cranking)?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 10 Jul 2016 23:20:24 -0700
...Both must click on for the fuel pump to run. Your symptoms sound like the typical bad or loose connection in the main fuel...
Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:45:17 -0700
...I'd try another fuel pump relay cause it's easy ......( and ecu ) any serious vanagon list member would have a spare one of...
Fuel pump
Historical mailing list - Andree
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:23:16 -0800
I guess I need a fuel pump as mine is making a lot of noise (according to the shop it's in)... Any recommendations...
Re: Fuel pump noise?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 22 Jul 2013 07:18:52 -0400
At 07:08 AM 7/22/2013, Bob Anderson wrote: >Hello All, > Question regarding my fuel pump. When engine is running, I'm > getting...
Re: Anyone know why VW discontinued the square pre-filter?
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:34:49 -0400
...But recently, while traveling in > hotter climes, the fuel pump was pretty noisy at idle when engine up > to temp, and restarted. And with...
85 anagon: how much fuel line?
Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:55:54 -0400
...up into? Three? Gas tank to filter/filter to fuel pump/fuel pump to fuel pressure regulator? More? Anyone done it recently that could...
Re: low fuel pressure and lean engine
Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
Mon, 5 Jul 2004 00:17:35 -0700
...Maybe it is for before the fuel pumpt? It's a square > >> >plastic white one and my current fuel filter...
gas tank vent
Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 19:41:49 -0800
...My fuel tank is trying to collapse under suction when the van is running. Guess my fuel pump works ok. Can someone fill me...
Re: 90 Vanagon/Westy fuel problem
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:57:16 -0700
...I like having a spare known-good fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator around for testing purposes. did you check fuel return line to...