Re: [TECH] [INJECTION] Fuel Pump (1981 Scirocco)

[William J Erikson <williamjosiah@juno.com>]

Where is the intank filter? Didn't know there was one. I think the rust
has all worked itself out now (if there was any), because when the last
pump died, I took it apart, and it appeared to be a manufacturing defect
that caused it to fail. This one seems to be doing fine so far (thanks,
Brian!)
	I've had seven different pumps in my GTI.
	I know that pump #1 didn't work in the first place (brand new)
	Pump #2 was the same as pump #1 (they were both stupid AutoZone pumps)
	Pump #3 died from a really exceptionally lousy electrical connection,
and besides it wasn't a Bosch anyway, it just kindof worked, for awhile.
I got this one because I called up Blackstone (the manufacturer of the
AutoZone pump) and hassled them about the fact that their pumps didn't
work until they sent me one that did (for free)
	Pump #4 died from a clogged fuel filter (it was close to dying anyway -
junkyard pump)
	Pump #5 died for the same reason as pump #4
	Pump #6 died due to a manufacturing defect. I FINALLY bought a brand-
new Bosch and replaced the fuel filter at the same time, and it was
working great, no problems, and then one day my brother drove the car to
Henniker, parked it, came back out to start it again, and the pump was
seized.
	Pump #7 is doing great so far. We'll see : )
	-Josiah



On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 19:20:19 -0400 "Steven Toughill" <stoughill@home.com>
writes:
>Never had such a problem, the tank is probly contaminated, pull the 
>fuel
>sender anmd look at the intank filter and while your there the tank.
>
>
>Steven Toughill
>ASE Cert VW Technician
>Volks-Tech Inc.
>-----Original Message-----
From: William J Erikson <williamjosiah@juno.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Date: Saturday, July 17, 1999 6:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [TECH] [INJECTION] Fuel Pump (1981 Scirocco)
>
>
>>Ah, the infamous A1 pump. It sucks. I hate it. I've had like 8 
>different
>>pumps on my GTI. Sometimes you can unfreeze them by hitting them on
>>something hard. Sometimes you can't. I had a brand new one seize on 
>me
>>for no reason whatsoever. If you bought it from Bosch and you still 
>have
>>the receipt, they do have a one year warranty on them.
>> -Josiah
>>
>>
>>
>>On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 09:26:52 -0400 Mark A Peele 
><scirocco.gtx@juno.com>
>>writes:
>>> I put a new fuel pump on my 1981 Scirocco when it was in North
>>> Carolina (two months ago).
>>>
>>> After getting the car up here, the car has not been starting (the
>>> car is in storage). I checked the leads last night - the pump is
>>> getting "Juice".
>>>
>>> The pump appears to have seized - I've heard that you can free it 
>by
>>> "hitting it with a hammer".
>>>
>>> Any comments or input????
>>>
>>> Mark Peele
>>> 1981 Scirocco S, 1982 Scirocco, 1987 Golf GT
>>> Then there's Kristen's '78 Scirocco
>>> http://home.t-online.de/home/Scirocco2/mark.htm
>>> Direct Mail: SCIROCCO_GTX@YAHOO.COM
>>>
>>> 
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