I just tackled that same problem this weekend on our new 87 West Gl. I  got
some new breaded hose's, and one square filter and the round filter. Removed
the old, drop the fuel pump and taped the wider inlet side on the workbench.
All kinds of dirt and red paint chips came out of the fuel pump. Buy the way
the westy is not red. I them hooked it to the battery charger. This is
probably not something that I would recommend doing, and pump some gas through
it, taped some more dirt out of it. Repeated the process a couple of times.
Installed all new hose's and filters and pump, no more whining and buzzing. It
runs great now.
Bill
87 West Gl
84 Wolfsberg edition
66 West

Erik R Simes wrote:
>
> Does a hissing/buzzing fuel pump mean its time to replace it?.  Any advice
> would be appreciated.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Stone <TStone8359@AOL.COM>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 9:11 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Offensive Language (F)
>
> >Thanks Coyote!  Mutual respect for each other's beliefs.
> >
> >Tom
> >Bloomington, IL
> >'85 Westy
> >