Re: Fuel Pump

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Hi Josiah;

    My experience with Audi fuel pumps is that they last about 100,000 kms
(roughly 60,000 miles) before they get really noisy. Having said that, I
have never driven one to failure but have replaced them when they have
started to make the loud warbling noise you mentioned. There may have been
more life in them, but I'm not too anxious to be left sitting at the side of
the road at -40 F wishing I had changed that dang pump.
    I was talking to a Bosch rep who said the pumps were rated for 6000
hours. I figure I've been getting 1500 hours out of mine.

Fred Munro
'91 200q  268k km
-----Original Message-----
From: Wm. Josiah Erikson <werikson@hampshire.edu>
To: Fred Munro <munrof@isys.ca>
Cc: Vbonz@aol.com <Vbonz@aol.com>; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
<quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: Fuel Pump


>?? The fuel pumps in all of my VW's (not Audis, I know, but Bosch pumps)
>have buzzed loudly for tens of thousands of miles. My QSW's pump has been
>LOUD ever since I've had the car. Fuel pump wise, the last 20K miles have
>been trouble-free. I usually think that when the noise starts wavering,
>THEN it's time to worry. But I've seen many a loud, buzzy fuel pump run for
>years without trouble. Maybe Audis are really different, but isn't my QSW
>pump just like a 4KQ?
>    -Josiah
>
>Fred Munro wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vbonz@aol.com <Vbonz@aol.com>
>> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 11:54 PM
>> Subject: Fuel Pump
>>
>> >I've recently been noticing the buzzing from my fuel pump is getting
>> louder.
>> >My fuel pump was changed about 55,000 miles ago.  The car has 131,000.
>> Does
>> >this mean I can expect to replace it again soon??????
>> >
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> Fred Munro
>> '91 200q  268k km
>