Fuel pump help

Michael McLaughlin mcloffs at mac.com
Thu Sep 8 00:53:42 EDT 2005


Hi everyone. Recently my girlfriend's 1995 90 Quattro died on the 
highway and today I did some troubleshooting. There's spark, so I moved 
to the fuel system. I jumped the fuel pump relay and it didn't make any 
difference, so I then moved to the fuel pump. It wasn't making any 
noise so I took off the cover in the trunk and got to work with the 
multimeter; it's getting power but the pump isn't doing anything. This 
leads me to believe the pump is dead.

One funny thing happened, though. When testing things today twice the 
car started, ran for about 10 seconds and then died again. Both times 
it sounded like there was activity at the pump but then it quit. Does 
this change anything?

Anyway, assuming my diagnosis is correct, is replacing the pump 
something I should tackle myself? Any advice/help/write-ups/etc. people 
have to share would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike



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