My own fuel pump saga

[Mister Z]

>I remember many years ago reading that the single highest
>amateur "misdiagnosis" of a car not working properly was
>the fuel pump.

>For instance, look at the current two or three threads on
>the occasionally dying '85 cgt - they say "fuel pump" >and
"fuel pump relay" over and over again, and yet the >odds
are the problem is nothing of the sort.

That's true, I guess part of it is my own experiences with
my 4000s quattro and also an '84 Coupe GT that I bought for
parts. The GT actually had a piece of a pop can bridging
the fuel pump circuit to the one next to it- something else
I wouldn't recommend since the fuse from the bridged
circuit was badly melted and scorched.

I will say that the GT had some pretty heavy front end
damage which included the radiator and hoses and the
alternator was completely broken off, yet I put a new
battery in and the first time I turned the key it started
right up. Not that I would drive it that way, but they're
some tough cars.

-Z

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