VANAGON archives -- February 2011, week 3 (#23)

Date:         Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:31:15 -0800
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fuel pump
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When I bought this '84 the PO had tried to quiet the noisy fuel pump,
he even changed it... a new fuel tank stopped the noise. When I start
to hear it now I change the square plastic filter and that fixes that.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  2/15/2011 08:41 AM, Jeff Lincoln wrote:
>Try just changing out the fule filter first - espescially if it's the older
>square plastic pre-filter. The pump could be making noise because the filter
>is partially plugged.
>
>I had the same thing on mine and when I changed the filter the pump was
>quiet.
>
>--
>Thanks,
>
>Jeff

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