AFAIK, my '87 Camper still has the original fuel pump on it after 235,000 miles. I have found the biggest killer of fuel pumps (especially VW fuel injection pumps) is letting a vehicle set without running it consistantly. The fuel has a tendancy to gel and whatever water that is in the fuel finds its way into the pump since the pump is the lowest part of the system. Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM> wrote: I only have an '85 to look at (square plastic filter, upstream from pump, inlet & outlet different sizes). So, the later ones only have a filter *after* the fuel pump? Could this be why I hear so much about fuel pump failures?
Thanks,
TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition 1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33 Winter Park, Florida http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album FAVOR website: http://home.earthlink.net/~clubvanagon --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. |
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