Fuel pump help

[Kneale Brownson]

I've had fuel pumps fail in a somewhat intermittent manner.  That is, car
wouldn't start but some time later it would on two or three occasions and
then the pump wouldn't run at all.  Wouldn't run when removed and connected
directly to a battery.  

At 09:53 PM 9/7/2005 -0700, Michael McLaughlin wrote:
>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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