Unfortunately, all we know is that fuel is present at the filter, but not making it to the engine. There is also a peculiar "pop" sound that, once it occurs, fuel magically makes it to the engine. That's why I responded with first checking the fuel relay (another listees suggestion) and also checking the charcoal canister, which, when faulty causes a vacuum in the tank the does not permit the pump to suck fuel. I'm leaning towards the latter simply due to the popping sound... Z -----Original Message----- From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@attglobal.net] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 3:10 PM To: Mladen, Zoran Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: RE: Fuel Pump Problem '85 GL
At 04:59 PM 1/18/2001, Mladen, Zoran wrote: >Yes, unless the relay is faulty...then it pumps no fuel... > >The problem with this is that the fuel acts as a coolant for the pump as it >pumps. If there is no fuel to pump, the pump will overheat and burn out. Sorry, I'm lost. We're talking about a situation where there's fuel pumping through the ring and right back into the tank...aren't we? d
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