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Date:         Wed, 14 May 2008 14:14:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Subject:      Noisy fuel pump?
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Subaru's DO have weird problems, despite what all the pundits say. They always say "Well, you only hear the bad stuff when you read the Yahoo Conversion list" but here's one mentioned right here on the Ole Vanagon list. Imagine, if you would, you are a dummy with money who's had the conversion done by a pro. You are on a long trip, far from your shop and this speed sensor fails. Where do you take the van? Who will you get to work on it with any degree of success? You go to the local VW guy, he laughs. You go to a Subaru guy, he laughs. Not saying I wouldn't convert my van that way if I wanted more power and needed a new motor, but every solution has it's compromises, and installing a Subie motor seems to often come with "head scratcher" EMS-sensor- wiring harness related glitches. Don Hanson

I recently did a Subaru conversion, and in the course of the conversion removed and cleaned out the gas tank (which was quite clean) and replaced all the fuel lines. Soon after I was on a trip and had some behavior that seemed like the fuel pump was on its way out (it was 8 years old by then) so I ordered a new one and had it sent by greyhound close to where I was camping.

I replaced the fuel pump, and then found out on the trip home it wasn't the problem (it was related to the speed sensor). I also found that almost instantly the new fuel pump started making the noise again. So, now I have a brand new fuel pump and an old 8 year old spare.


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