Date:         Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:46:30 -0800
Reply-To:     spielmobil@EARTHLINK.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joachim Preiss <spielmobil@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: bumble bee in fuel pump

A guy here at my work moved the pump around a little left and right and got it
to make the noise. Said that's the sound of a cracked diaphragm.

I'll check out and clean the filter first, and maybe I can actually see the
diaphragm and if it's broken. Keep you posted.

Thanks Volks,
 Joachim



>
> > I just came back from browsing the archives
> on this issue, but not quite
> > satisfied with what I found.
> >
> > The fuel pump on my 85 1.9 WBX has been
> making this noise as if a giant bumble
> > bee was trapped inside (took that from an
> earlier post - not my creation) for
> > a while when warm and audible only at idle.
> On and off, not consistently. This
> > seems to be a pretty common issue.
> >
> > However what I didn't find in the archives,
> was if this is a sign of a dying
> > fuel pump, or if it is more like standard
> vanagon noise. $250 just to get the
> > same noise from a younger pump? What's the
> typical life expectancy of a stock
> > fuel pump?
> >
> > BTW: So far I only listened to the noise. I
> neither took anything apart nor
> > checked the fuel filter for clogging at this
> point.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Joachim
> >
> > '85 Westfalia Spielmobil
> > Acton, MA
> >
> >
> > Joachim
> >
> > '85 Westfalia 1.9 WBX 'Spielmobil'
> > Acton, MA
>
>