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Date:         Wed, 14 May 2008 17:28:55 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Noisy fuel pump causes
Comments: To: Rob <becida@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2008051420150546@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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This schmecks of the cavitation issue I have read about.

FP gets more air than fuel and makes noise about it.

If I'm not misunderstanding the term cavitation properly.

Cheers,

Neil.

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > At 5/14/2008 08:40 AM, Ken Smale wrote: >> >> Hello All, >> >> Brand new to the list. I hope I'm not contravening any protocols by >> answering >> this way. > > Welcome! Protocols? We have those? <g>. > > I was down at the NW Foreign auto parts (Lacey WA) to get a new > square filter this afternoon (the guy speaks VW...) and I mentioned > my noisy pump. He recalled something about the 84 return line (on the > tank) being too close to the pump intake line, this causing bubbles > or some such and more noise from the pump... it was one of those > thought/remembrances that come from somewhere in the back of the mind... > > > > > Rob > > becida@comcast.net > Western Washington State, USA >

-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"

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