[s-cars] Da Fuel Pump Blues

[Fred Munro]

Alas, Dave, things mechanical don't last forever. The UrS cars have not
suffered from the high fuel pump failure rates of the Type 44 but maybe the
cars are getting to the age where the pumps are beginning to fall off the
Bell curve. Not much can be done to prevent the failure, but the new pump
should last as long as the old one did - just pray it wasn't made in
Czechoslovakia like most of the current Bosch fuel pumps! With the Type 44
pumps, the usual sign of impending doom is a noisy pump, but the UrS pumps
are a different (and less expensive) unit - maybe they don't exhibit warning
signs.

Thanks for using up the only spare pump in Canada, buddy. Now what are the
rest of us going to do? :o)

At least you got to enjoy a couple of days in beautiful downtown Sooke!

Fred Munro

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Dave Forgie
Sent: February 8, 2003 2:14 AM
To: s-cars
Subject: [s-cars] Da Fuel Pump Blues


Ba da dah dum
I got the blues
Ba da dah dum
I got no pump
I got no fuel
I got dem low down mean' Audi fuel pump blues
(sounds of screaming and gunshots in the background)
Oh Lord I got dem fuel pump blues

Two questions for the list:

1) Why do I like my car?
2)  How could I have prevented the following situation?

Last week, one coolish morning, the car took a little longer than normal
cranking before it started.  I knew it was an issue (tip of iceberg) but
which one??  Thermostat probably stuck open. Multidysfunctional switch
may be on its way to Himmel.  But what?  Back to normal that evening and
every day since, including yesterday (Thursday AM).

Thursday noon, I had to take a ferry (thats a car boat for those in
Arizona) to go to Vancouver Island,  to Sooke (home of the Sooke Harbour
House) (32 km (20 mi) west of Victoria), to make a presentation
(wastewater treatment related) at public meeting (I get ALL the fun
jobs).  After the meeting (10:30 PM), I go out the car, get in and try
to start it.  Wouldn't start.  It tried to catch on the first attempt
but it sputtered and then nothing.  Several attempts = nothing.  Tried
again this (Friday)  morning.  Cranked like the band.  No go.  Dolly
towed to Speedway Motors, the Victoria Audi (Porsche/VW) dealer
(thankfully I have CAA plus).  Two hours of diagnoses. (Including my
"multidysfunctional switch" red herring). Answer: Fuel Pump.  Naturally
it's special.  None in stock. None in Victoria.  Has to come out of
Toronto.  I came home on the bus (overnight bag, lap top, computer
projector). Joy.  Have to go back Wednesday (by bus and ferry) at the
soonest to retrieve the car (and pay $$$).

How could I have seen this coming?  And how do I prevent it from
happening again (and stranding me somewhere even more difficult)?

Dave (longing for some reliability to go with the performance) Forgie

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