Date:         Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:57:45 EST
Reply-To:     Ray Nemo <Volksiebus@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ray Nemo <Volksiebus@NETSCAPE.NET>
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Replace the thing you say? I thought of that, but seems this pump are made of
pure Unobtainium and cost almost $200. 


The symptoms: It's real loud. I can hear it even at interstate speeds. Noise
starts after about 10 seconds. I can turn the key to turn engine off then

return the key back to the accessory position and the pump noise starts again.
No 10 second delay when doing this after the vehicle was running. 


I recently replaced the gas tank with a good used one. Replaced fuel pump

also. I'm suspicious of rust, and I am not sure whether the pump is "upstream"
of the filter.

FLAPS has a pump for more than Ron at Bus Depot. I'll probably buy Ron's, but
FLAPS also has a few generics that they'd love to sell me for about $35.
Anybody tried a generic fuel pump? At what PSI does the vanagon system
operate? I think they're metal lines, so what kind of fuel line adaption to a
generic pump for "foreign cars" am I looking at? 



So now I need a fuel pump, a clutch slave cylinder (and probably master
cylinder while I'm under there), a front heater fan (and probably heater core
while the dash is out), a rear heater core, a CV (I'll probably do them
all)...... Katy's Caravan is looking better and better!!!!

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