In February I upgraded from a box type fuel filter to the cylinder-shaped type, but the new filter is on the exhaust side of the pump, not the intake side. Is this where later filters were originally installed? Also, how is the tank screen cleaned? On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > Sometimes the pumps do get noisy especially when warm. More often is a sign > the inlet filter or the screen in the tank is clogging and restricting the > flow. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Steven Shelton > Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 10:34 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Fuel Pump Noise > > In October my 1985 1.9 L Camper started making a buzzing noise climbing up > a > steep mountain in Ashville, N.C. It's so intermittent I couldn't get out of > the van quick enough to trace it down until last week, when we pulled into > a > campground and it continued long enough to find out it's coming from the > fuel pump. This is a VW pump dealership installed only last June! The > engine > idles fine even when it's making noise. Is this a defective pump or is > there > some other reason this could be happening? I'm sure if I take it to the > dealership it will be completely silent when they look at it. > > |
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