Saturday, March 07, 2009 - 11:53 am, by: Tref Abbott(Tref)
My fuel pump seems to have packed up (1991 -2.5 TT). Does anyone know if the pump is in the tank itself or is it somewhere near the tank?
The car packed up about a week ago and the RACQ thought it could be the fuel filter as I had let the tank get a bit low (for the first time ever!) but after changing the filter (and getting soaked in petrol in the process) the car still won't start. A neighbour who works on cars tested the electrics and said it looked like the pump itself was stuffed but doesn't have the time to fix it.
When the car first went wrong, the engine would start but only run for a few seconds on extremely low revs (just like almost no fuel was getting through)and when the RACQ bloke squirted fuel directly into the air intake, it ran.
So I need to find where the pump is and try to find a replacement. Can they be rebuilt or would it be better to go for a new one? I've heard that you can use a pump made for this size of car but not actually made for Soarers.
