Glad to hear you got a "new" Vanagon Rob. --- :^)

Not certain, but have read that cavitation can cause a pump to be noisy.

FWIW, the pump on my '81 has the rubber mounts.

And again, FWIW, the '85 parts van I bought, had a pretty noisy pump.
IIRC, it didn't have rubber mounts.

Neil.

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello folks,
> I have a new (to me) 1984 Vanagon, the fuel pump is loud. The PO told
> me (I picked it up Sat) he had it in the shop several times for the
> noisy pump, they had replaced it and it was still noisy. The pump is
> insulated to try and deaden the sound.
> FWIW this is a really clean westy, the guy (second owner) had it for
> 20 years and really took care of it.
>
> On a fuel related issue the gauge is not accurate, with the needle
> still above the orange it started missing at idle and really didn't
> want to go up a small hill. 5 gallons from a gas can took care of that
> problem.
>
> Other than look at it I have done nothing yet.
>
> 1) Bad pump?
> 2) Dirty tank? (looks like a new filter going into the pump)
> 2) Does the pump have vibration mount?
>
> Any suggestion is welcome.
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>
> '91 VW Jetta, a '79 VW Westy
> & an '84 Westy in western WA
>

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