Fuel Pump - end of story

[urq]

... same experience here with the '91 V8 ... methinks that it is the bad
side of having Audi/Bosch/whomever put effort into insulating the noise of
the pump ... but I'll take it ...

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)


> Steve, the pump in my '95 90 gave very little warning. It showed low
> pressure (poor acceleration) a few minutes before it quit entirely. No
> noise. Just stopped dead.
> -DanZ
>
> Steve Sherman wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all who sent suggestions...
> >
> > Finally got the new fuel pump in and it solved the problem (BTW turns
> > out I did have the right replacement, and it just has a + terminal that
> > is bigger in diameter).
> >
> > FWIW,  the failure was quite different than others reported here.  No
> > noise, no slow onset of problems.  The only symptoms were an occassional
> > missing that 5 mins later led to the engine not running or starting.
> > Even at the end, no unusual noises.  Just low pressure.
> >
> > Steve
>