RE: (no subject)

[vdub <vdub@voyager.net>]

when i thought my fuel pump was going by obvious symptoms
it was actually either my ignition control module or coil i replaced both
and it ran ever since


At 09:37 AM 7/28/99 +0100, Ewan Hopkins wrote:
>I'd check that your fuel pump relay is OK,  and also the fuse, before you
>start thinking about replacing the pump.  The relay is a frequent casualty
>if the main pump has been overloaded in the past, e.g. when the transfer
>pump is dud.
>The relay should have '2' on the end of the cover.  If you pull it, the two
>largest terminals 
>are the pump power supply.  Bridging the corresponding terminal sockets on
>the box with some heavyish wire will give a direct feed to the pump.
>Alternatively, popping the cover off the relay and manually closing the
>solenoid contact will achieve the same. 
>
>HTH,
>
>Ewan Hopkins
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: 27 July 1999 18:50
>To: ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu; WaspHwy@aol.com
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>Subject: Re: (no subject)
>
>
>hey guys,
>my 87 16v croaked today (bout a mile from my house)
>
>to make a long story short, for the past two days i have been getting a 
>sputter from the car when driving a little aggressively......went to pick up
>
>the shift bushings today and the same thing occured once again.....but this 
>time when i let go of the gas, the sputter made the car straight out 
>stall......pulled over to the side of the road and tried to get it to turn 
>over once again----no luck........also noticed that the main fuel pump wasnt
>
>making the priming noise that it normally does when you first turn the 
>key.......i already replaced tyhe transfer pump and i am wondering if this
>is 
>a problem of the same sort.....please help me get my scirocco out of the 
>driveway!!!!
>
>rob
>
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