[V6-12v] Bad fuel pump???

[Lino M. Valadas]

Thanks Gary,

This morning it did not start again, I hit the gas tank underneath where the
pump would be and it started.  My wife decided not to drive it to work
anyway since she would not be able to reach the spot to hit it if it did not
start. Tonight it started fine without the whack.  I looked at the top of
the tank where the plug connects to the fuel pump harness and it was quite
dirty.  I  cleaned that up and we took the car for a drive.  So far so good,
it has started every time we tried.  The pump is nice and quite when
operating.  I'm going to watch it for a bit to see what happens.  the car
has 200k kms.  She loves the car, we'll try to keep it for a bit longer.

Lino


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Gary E. RAFE" <drgerlists at gmail.com>
To: <l.valadas at rogers.com>
Cc: <V6-12v at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Bad fuel pump???


> "Lino M. Valadas" <l.valadas at rogers.com> wrote:
> !My wife's 93 90q (v6 2.8 12v), cranks but does not start.  No fuel.  When
I
> !whack the gas tank under the car the fuel pump wakes up and the thing
> !starts.  Does this mean a bad fuel pump or just bad connections
somewhere?
> !Any BTDT before I attempt to replace the pump on a full tank of gas of
> !course?
>
> Very likely a pump starting to fail.
> How loud is the pump when it runs ?
>
> The pump in our our 95 90q had been getting a little noisey of late,
> until it "failed" on day last month.
> Tapping the fuel tank got it going again,
> but you could definitely hear it when it ran
> after that first failure to start.
>
> I had a local shop replace it (along with the fuel filter)
> for about 450$US (fair, considering it's been over a year
> since we need to have anything done to the car).
>
> They did comment to me that they needed a special tool
> to remove the pump from its mount inside the tank.
> You'll certainly want to have a look at the Bentley manual
> for more details before getting too far along
> (I don't have access to mine at the moment).
>
> I'm interested, too, in reading what other list members
> have to say about their BTDT stories.
>
> I suppose if you (or your wife) doesn't mind tapping
> the fuel tank prior to starting the car,
> you might be able to use up some of that fuel
> while you're waiting for your new pump & filter
> to arrive !
> --
> Dr Gary E RAFE: drgerlists at gmail dot com