Re: Fuel Pump Bees

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

I see some people talking about replacing a fuel pump simply because it
makes a lot of noise.  I know that for the cars with the pump outside of 
the tank there is a TSB that talks about a filter screen at the inlet to 
the pump that can cause excessive noise and stress on the pump when it 
gets clogged.  The repair method was to simply remove the screen.  I 
don't know if the last model 5ks/early 100&200s have this screen as well, 
but it certainly is much cheaper than a new pump.  I've never had to deal 
with this (my wife says that the FP on the '88 5kW is getting louder 
though ...) but her brother has 3 5k's ('80, '84, '88) and swears by it!

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)