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Subject:Re: Start-Stop Syndrome Returns [addt'l-addt'l info]
From:David Bartolini
Date:Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:15:58 -0400

Now I don't mean to interfere, my fuel pump has had a whine in it for years
and works fine.

David Bartolini
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From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 3:45 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Start-Stop Syndrome Returns [addt'l-addt'l info]

At 12:33 PM 8/18/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>asked whether the fuel pump had been buzzing when the engine was acting
>wonky. I cannot say with any certainty whether I noticed that -- engine
>noise and road noise, windows down -- but at some point on the trip I
>did hear a not-loud but audible buzzing sound from behind.

This would tend to indicate a problem on the suction side of the
pump. Where does Mellow Yellow keep its fuel filter(s)? Normal
candidates are small square one before and/or very large cylindrical
one after. If the one before gets clogged it will cause cavitation,
likewise if the tank inlet is obstructed.

Yrs,
d