Your early Mk 1 Rabbit and Jetta use a fuel pump housed in a foam casing. If anything, the tape isulates the pump from ambient temps , as the fuel exerts a greater cooling effect than the air anyway.
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Robert
1982 Westfalia

--- On Tue, 7/20/10, Mark <mbrush@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Mark <mbrush@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: new fuel pump taped up
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 12:45 PM

I saw some earlier posts that recommended against putting tape around a new
fuel pump.� Here's what I did - when I pulled out the old pump - I saw that
there was some type of metal ring inside the bracket.� The old ring was
badly corroded and barely there.� I put a thin strip of foam tape around the
middle of the fuel pump (where the clamp holds it) and covered the foam with
black electrical tape.� Figured that would give it some cushion or dampening
while it sits in the bracket.� Then I saw the posts that the pump cools in
two ways - one by the fuel running through it - the other by the air running
over it.� Is a little foam and some electrical tape a no, no?� Or should I
just leave it and chalk it up to experimentation :-)� zip strips were used
too (that bracket was worn out!)

Mark

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Mark
1990 Westy (2.1 - manual)