all this fuel pump talk

[Wallace White]

Ron -

That sounds similar to my breakdown last week. Could you hear the fuel
pump as you lost power? I could hear mine warbling, proving that the
relay was working.

I haven't gotten any replies about the Pierburg pumps, though the
archives have many. Some have had problems with them out of the box, but
I didn't find many failure stories after that. It sounds like the
Pierburg pump is smaller but comes with an adapter ring so that it fits
the standard mount.

I haven't experienced hard-starting. I've gathered that it's often
caused by (1) leaky injectors, (2) injector cooling fan not working, or
(3) a failing fuel pump check valve (there's a diagnosis procedure in
the Bentley, provided you have a fuel pressure gauge).

Off to test out my newly de-screened Czech pump... here's hoping I make
it to work and back.

- Wallace
   '87 5kcstq 190k

P.S. You might want to have your period key on your keyboard checked. ;)


Ron Wainwright wrote:
>   Listers,
>
>   Yesterday while going to a friends house my 87 5ksq
> died this is how it went
>  was driving down the street doing 50 or so and then
> out of nowhere nothing no power no nothing is the best
> way to describe it coasted to the side of the road and
> waited a minute to gather my thoughts and tried to
> start the car it started so I went back home thank god
> I was only at the end of the road by that time
>  but I have been having a hard time starting the car
> as of late when it's been sitting in the sun
> it seems
> in the morn it's fine starts up first crank but for
> some reason and this happens more than not as of late
> the car will just crank at the end of the day and I
> can't hear the fuel sycling
>  changed the fuel filter like 3 times within the past
> week thought I had a bad one,
>  Allso one day last week while trying to start the car
> it wouldn't so I took out the fuel pump relay and
> opened it up and took a look but everything looked
> good so I put it back together put it back in the car
> and the car started up coincidence?
>
>  And for those of you who don't know me this has been
> my car since birth so all the maintnace is currant
> like fuel inj, hard lines from the inj to the
> distributor, complete tune up(everything), coil,
> anything you can think of I've replaced  so I'ts got
> to be the the 15 year old pump which has traveled 231k
> bout time to put it out of it's missery
>  so I'm going to replace it with the relay
>  and I'm going to use a Pierburg pump cost is $169
> cheaper than the Bosch ones any problems with fitment
> with these pumps? they are German aren't they? thought
> they were.
>  Anyway thanks for listning
> Ron
> 87 5ksq non turbo(original owner)231k euros,white
> corners,fuchs,eibach prokit,boge turbogas,strut
> bar,power leather sport seats from a 200 converted
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> 90 200tqa 210k IA stageII,2.0 bar,20v rear brake upgrade
>
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