Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1998 13:24:29 EDT
Reply-To:     "Larry L. Meyer" <llmeyer@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Larry L. Meyer" <llmeyer@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: fuel pumps
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com

>I just joined this listserve a couple of weeks ago.  I have a question:
I own an
>86 Vanagon with the 2.1 engine and about 108,000 miles.  This morning,
>right after making a rather quick left turn the engine died and would
>not restart.  Since I was in a small Nebraska town (pop 300) a friend
>towed me to his garage and we tried to get it going.  No gas was making
>it back to the engine. The tank was about a quarter full when it
stopped.
> We filled the tank thinking the hard corner may have been the cause.
>We checked the fuel filter and it was okay.  Finally pulled the fuel
>pump----direct wired it to a 12 volt and tried to pump some gas through
>it.  It would vibrate but did not pump gas.  By the time I got back to
>Lincoln the import parts house was closed.  I called Parts America
>(Western Auto) and a number of other parts stores.  The cheapest fuel
>pump that could be ordered was from Parts America and it was $175.00 !!
>MY QUESTIONS:  Am I missing anything?  Why so expensive for the fuel
>pump---------and--------are there any universals that would work?  One
of
>the sales reps said that the VW pump produced between 100-130 psi of
>pressure.  Thats seems like a lot!  And a lot more than universals
>produce.  Any advice to a new one on the listserve?

Larry in Lincoln
86 Vanagon




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