UMM, not on my Van. If I move the air-flow "flapper" by hand with the
key on, the fuel pump starts up. I do this to quickly get fuel
pressure up after maint. on the fuel system (like yearly fuel lines).
Mine is AFC, not H2O, so that may make a difference.

Justin M. Mayrand
1980 Westy "SuperVan"

On Aug 2, 2005, at 9:44 PM, mark drillock wrote:

> The fuel pump will not run just because the key is switched on. The
> fuel
> pump only runs when the ECU tells the fuel pump relay to energize.
> When
> you first turn the key on the pump should run for 1-2 seconds then
> stop.
> If it does not do that, you need to track down why. The only other
> time
> the pump is told to run is when the ECU thinks the engine is turning.
> The only way the ECU can tell if the engine is turning is when it sees
> pulses from the hall unit in the distributor. No pulses means no fuel
> pump run signal will be sent.
>
> Mark
>
> VWNut Hawk wrote:
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>> I have a 88 that runs great.  After about 45 minutes of running,
>> it cuts out.
>> Soon after that it stops completely.  I noticed that the fuel pump
>> stops pumping.
>> I rigged up 12 Volts and powered the pump manually.  It runs and
>> the engine starts and
>> runs.
>>
>> Any idea where to start looking for a bad component or bad
>> connection?
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