thanks gordie,
Yeah, this is my feeling too.... $120 for a new pump really isn't too much
to insure the continuation of life and limb!
cheers
Joe
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Dr. Joseph Garner
Department of Animal Science,
University of California,
One Shields Avenue,
Davis,
CA 95616
USA
tel: + 530 754 5291
fax: + 530 752 0175
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon Bird [mailto:gb@the-bdc.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 11:00 AM
> To: 'Garner, Joseph P.'
> Subject: RE: ahhhhg!
>
>
> Yep, perhaps the jostling of towing freed up the pump. I
> remember a large
> portion of a summer that my A would quit just like that. A
> firm rap on the
> fuel pump and once again it would start pumping. This would
> last a little
> or a long time until it quit again, rap again, go again.
> Seems the points
> get welded together and the firm rap will free them
> temporarily. Get a new
> pump.
> HTH
> Safety Fast!
> Gordie Bird
> 62 MGA
> 80 MGB
> 86 Audi 4kq
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > So if you remember, motor dies on me on the freeway. Pull
> > over. Starts once
> > dies immediately. Won't start. towed home. Pull the fuel
> line. no fuel
> > pumping. aha! fuel pump problem. Check the power supply.
> > about 8V getting to
> > the pump. A little low, but i figure with all the attempting
> > to start the
> > car that makes sense. Tow the car to the shop. Leave it with
> > them. They ring
> > me back, apparently the car has started perfectly and they
> can't find
> > anything wrong with it.
> >
> > If it was a non-fatal intermittent fault, i would drive it
> > until it broke
> > again, and re-diagnose (just like in 2001). But that clearly
> > isn't an option
> > with the fuel pump. My friendly mechnic in Palo Alto,
> suggested that i
> > change the fuel pump becuase it "looked rather old" last time
> > he worked on
> > the car. I was thinking of getting the shop here to replace
> > the pump, and
> > blow the fuel line through. Any other things to try? Do you
> > guys think this
> > is a sensible course of action?
> >
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Joe.
> >
> > _________________
> >
> > Dr. Joseph Garner
> > Department of Animal Science,
> > University of California,
> > One Shields Avenue,
> > Davis,
> > CA 95616
> > USA
> >
> > tel: + 530 754 5291
> > fax: + 530 752 0175
> > _________________
> >
> >
>
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