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• Re: subject Re: Loud Fuel Pump/Fuel Pump Mount - Was: Thank you Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:22:55 -0700
  Old tank = rust and crud which clog the filter and make the pump work harder to draw fuel. I think. Mike On 3/16...
• Re: 1.9L Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:18:48 -0800
  ...The "step up" molded hose between pump and fuel tank shown. Not sure if less $ than VC's offering. An aside, but no difference...
• 85 westy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Cary McHugh
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:10:40 EST
  ...The fuel pump does not come with ignition key on. My question is: What signals are required for the fuel injection computer to turn...
• Re: Noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:48:31 -0700
  > Noisy fuel pumps can also be caused by a restricted outlet in the fuel > tank. Rusty tanks will cause this. > > Dennis I believe that...
• Re: Fuel Filter and Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 27 Nov 2005 06:16:37 EST
  ...IMHO we should all be running a fuel filter in front of the fuel pump (and after). The fuel pump is expensive and a...
• Re: 87 still not starting, need fuel pump advice
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:36:02 -0700
  ...There needs to be gas in the fuel line and in the pump initially for the pump to work. In other words the pump...
• Re: '82 westy, '91 Fox engine, fuel flow problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:30:46 -0400
  ...It gets it's power from the same fuel pump relay (just like stock) as the 3-component pump. The main pump runs quiet...
• Fuel Injection Pressure Regulator on '81 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 09:58:59 -0500
  ...Van will start, run for few minutes, then stall, and fuel pressure and fuel pump continue to cycle fuel. My good '81 Pressure Regulator...
• Fuel pump bracket needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:25:31 -0500
  Hey folks, I need a good condition fuel pump bracket for an aircooled van. I don't know if the watercooled vans used the...
• Fuel Pump replacement 86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 21 May 1996 11:39:30 (EST)
  To all, My 86 Syncro fuel pump is leaking fuel again. I now have a fuel pump off of a 1980 Vanagon. Can someone...
• Re: Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 May 2006 13:40:33 EDT
  ...same fuel pump will work on all vw vans from 75-91 if theyre fuel injected... chris
• Re: 1.9L Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:49:13 -0700
  I like the idea of a pre pump filter too BUT... The one time I've had a fuel pump failure (20+ years of...
• Re: WARNING !! Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:58:02 EDT
  ...I can understand that the arcing is suppressed whenever the fuel pump is primed, but I have to wonder what keeps the thing from...
• Substitute Fuel Pump #
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hill
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 07:26:16 -0500
  Regarding yesterday's discussion of a less expensive, more available fuel pump for the Vanagon: I have been using a fuel pump for one...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 1 Oct 2004 to 2 Oct 2004 - Special issue (#2004-953)
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 20:10:41 -0600
  ...Fuel pumps > > If I had fuel pump problems before, I did not know about them. Last > year, installed new pump when installed new long...
• Re: fuel pump straining and hose leaking question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 18:01:46 -0700
  a restricted fuel filter would explain the leak between filter and pump. The system runs at a regulated 34 psi or so. 'if' you...
• Re: 87 still not starting, need fuel pump advice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:35:29 -0400
  ...Just finished a job replacing fuel tank seals and new fuel filter. Now I'm getting power to the fuel pump at least. Connected...
• Re: how do I test the fuel pump? Who sells fuel pump cheap?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:53:28 -0500
  ...They usually have a few fuel pumps -new and used.Before you replace, do change filter and maybe use a coat hanger to ram...
• Re: Fuel tank problem solving (Almost)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:26:05 -0400
  ...Checked for fuel flow at both spigots. > Yes, fuel from both sides. Tried to start car - I can hear the pump running > but it...
• Re: intermittent fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:58:10 -0400
  ...If I suspect the fuel pump isn't getting power intermittently, then I could pull the wires off the fuel pump - attach a multi...
• Re: Gas tank- fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Sun, 25 Jan 2015 15:29:40 -0700
  ...if the noise goes away, then drain > the fuel tank and refill with fresh fuel. > Bad/dirty fuel can be pumped in very easily...
• Re: testing a fuel pump (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:46:24 -0500
  ...testing a fuel pump (long) > > > Before everybody gets all wound up in this pump thing. > Most Auto Manufacturers have gone to proprietary fuel pumps...
• Re: Fuel pump mechanism question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:20:05 -0700
  ...Fuel pump mechanism question Anthony has posted a photo of a disassembled pump. Can someone explain how this pumps fuel? Are the innards immersed...
• Fuel pump relay, where is it?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 14:15:49 -0400
  ...After a day of tuning up and diagnosis, we have come to the conclusion that the fuel pump relay is shot. The fuel pump...
• Re: Disabling the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:43:50 -0500
  ...a relay to the fuel pump? eventually won't a simple switch degrade providing constant power to the fuel pump? -- Wil "Look, Dave, I...
• Re: do fuel pumps suck?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:50:25 -0700
  ...about 18" from the fuel tank. You get the idea. Jim John Brush wrote: > Just wondering if the pump draws the fuel in from...
• Fuel pump's initial pulse?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:54:59 EST
  One of the other Jeff's fuel pump issues sparked a question in mind. How does the fuel pump get that initial pulse of...
• Re: testing a fuel pump - final
  Historical mailing list - Matt Faust
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:04:03 -0700
  ...testing a fuel pump (long) > > > > > > Before everybody gets all wound up in this pump > thing. > > Most Auto Manufacturers have gone to proprietary > fuel pumps...
• Re: Noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:16:48 -0700
  ...Noisy fuel pump > > It's a trade off. > Buy a spare fuel pump or be ready for a tow job and a fuel pump...
• fuel tank <-> pump diameter mismatch
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:13:38 -0500
  ...But that leaves me with hooking up the large-diameter fuel pump inlet to the small-diameter fuel tank outlet. The shop I took...
• Re: Fuel pump buzzing
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:47:20 -0500
  Hi Geza, The FI system in the vanagon requires only a portion of the fuel the pump can supply. The remainder is put back...
• Re: Help Please; engine bogging loseing compression and shutting off
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:24:35 -0300
  ...NEw fuel pump and away I went. So, when your van cuts out, can you still hear the fuel pump ticking?? IMHO Put a...
• Fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Niall Mac Caughey
  Thu, 25 May 2006 22:10:28 +0100
  Hi folks, I'm back on the fuel pump theme again. Checking the archives brings up several possible causes of fuel pump noise. Checked...
• Re: fuel filter: before, after, indifferent?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:52:12 -0800
  --- "Phillips, Andrew" <phillips@ISGS.UIUC.EDU> wrote: > How many of you add an additional filter between the > fuel tank and the pump? Drew Phillips...
• Re: New fuel pump and filter - still noisy!
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:07:40 -0600
  ...The stock fuel pump on these VOlvos is also the mighty Bosch. > The explanation for this buzzing is a faulty fuel pressure regulator, > which...
• Re: Fuel pump run on..carbureated 2 liter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Jan 2001 23:05:07 -0500
  Many rotary fuel pumps run continuously. Pressure is limited by the design of the pump. The pump should also be installed near the fuel...
• Re: Leaking fuel-pump?
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:51:38 -0400
  Your picture looks like it is a carburetor van, as opposed to fuel injection. I have never replaced the fuel pump on a carburetor...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:48:26 -0500
  ...And the fuel >> pump on my Carat was seized so that had to be dealt with. By removing >> the pump, and spraying carburetor cleaner...
• Re: Fuel pump buzzing
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:26:22 -0500
  What I'm still not getting is how you can replace a fuel pump and still have it make the buzzing sound. The consensus...
• Re: Fuel pump buzzing
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:55:39 -0500
  Hi Geza, Fuel starvation makes the pump heat up, as it is not being cooled by the fuel flowing through it. At the same...
• Fuel pumps
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 22:08:57 -0700
  Fellow listees, I have a persistent fuel pump problem. One went out a year or so ago, replaced with proper Bosch. It went out...
• Re: no fuse for fuel pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 11 Mar 2023 09:30:53 -0800
  thanks Dennis, Is it good to add a fuse for the ignition and the fuel pump if I know where to put them? (I...
• Re: fuel pump producing bubbles
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:10:14 -0700
  ...I suppose fuel pump itself is possible. I would try another fuel source input the fuel pump ..and maybe a known-good used fuel...
• Re: Hot Weather Effects... and some information.
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 08:14:28 -0700
  ...He's also found that when he rebuilds > > old Beetle engines he needs to install a fuel pump in the front tank to > > provide...
• Re: Loud Fuel Pump/Fuel Pump Mount - Was: Thank you Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:04:55 -0700
  ...pump is properly installed and it is making noise, it's > probably fuel starved. At 20+ years old, you can look to the fuel...
• Re: Fuel Pump terminal plug-in
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:44:47 +0000
  <I have the battery in and now am cranking my newly installed engine, so I want to make sure I'm pumping fuel in...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:54:20 -0700
  ...The power for the fuel pump, which comes from the fuel pump relay...is also the power that's on one side of the...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:01:48 -0400
  ...And the fuel > pump on my Carat was seized so that had to be dealt with. By removing > the pump, and spraying carburetor cleaner...
• Re: 84 Westy Fuel Pump Problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:51:09 -0700
  next time I'm working on one, I disconnect the distributor, and see if ecu still runs the fuel pump for a few seconds...
• Re: Fuel Regulator pt 1 of 3
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 11 May 2001 23:26:58 EDT
  ...I put an electric fuel pump on my 73 VW Bus. I swapped the single outlet stock fuel tank with a dual inlet and...
• Re: Fuel pump noise? Fuel filters.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:57:11 -0400
  ...Fuel pump noise? On the subject of fuel pumps, filters, noisy operation, etc. Here's a handy hint. Golf Tees are good fuel line...
• fuel system depressurization
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 27 May 1999 08:42:36 -0400
  ...The fuel pump relay controls both the fuel pump and the injectors, so if the injectors don't fire, you still have a pressurized...
• Fuel Pump Performance Issues?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:31:18 EDT
  ...A mechanic friend suggested replacing the fuel pump. So, I'm wondering, those of you who have replaced your fuel pumps, did you have...
• Re: fuel filter: before, after, indifferent?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:07:23 -0500
  At 12:00 AM 3/14/2004, Phillips, Andrew wrote: >The fuel filter is positioned after the pump. A note with the fuel pump...
• Re: No Start 83.5: Fuel pump test?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:17:09 -0700
  ...David --- Don Spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET> wrote: > The saga continues ... > > I did two fuel pump volume tests today, one at the pump and one...
• Running FI empty (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Sep 1995 12:04:42 +1000 (EST)
  ...Pulled off to side of road and found fuel pump was making some pretty strange noises- shit just what we need no replacement and...
• Re: Failing Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 15:57:23 PDT
  ...This is a quick check of the fuel pump operation. David ----- Begin Included Message ----- - check terminal 86 of fuel pump relay for battery voltage...
• no fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:53:39 -0700
  ...Brand new fuel pump, tested. Where too next? Ignition switch? Grounds? TIA, dylan
• Re: How many fuel pumps does a Eberspacher BA6 Gas Heater have?
  Historical mailing list - Chibong Oh
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 21:06:12 +0900
  ...Check the fuel pump with 12V first. With good condition, you can hear and see the pump working! Cheers, Chibong -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Bus Depot: Pierburg Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:46:53 -0700
  ...My fuel pump was a Bosch. My fuel filter was about 2-months old. I decided to research fuel pump options with a focus...