Re: Noisy Fuel Pump

[Phil and Judy Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

>Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 13:19:31 EDT
>From: ekellock@juno.com
>Subject: Re: Noisy Fuel Pump
>
>I hate to muddy the water here, but my Coupe's fuel pump has sounded like
>a swarm of bees since I bought it in 1990.  Has not yet left me stranded,
>or even given me a moment's pause in over 60k miles.
>
>Ed Kellock ................... Greenville, SC  USA
>91 200qw ........................ 87 Coupe GT

The only unusual noise from my recently acquired '91 200q is the fuel pump
buzz, which is sorta' high-pitched (yeh, like a bee, perhaps 1 1/2 or 2
bees) and loud enough to hear over the exhaust at idle--even 10 or 12 feet
away. My Audi-mechanic neighbor commented that "they're often a whole lot
noisier than that (i.e., Audi pumps)" and added that he wouldn't be
particularly concerned. Of course not, it's MY car ;-)

Anyway, is a new, perfect fuel pump really noiseless? I can't say I've ever
noticed (heard) the pump in my '89 100; is it a different (quieter) design
than in the '91 200q? Or are these pumps just very variable in sound,
normally?

Phil

[Is a solution to this problem just a louder exhaust? ;-)]

         **********************************************
         *  Phil & Judy Rose     E-mail:              *
         *                       pjrose@servtech.com  *
         **********************************************