fuel pumps in series?

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Remove the back seat bottom. Remove the cover to the transfer pump. Check 
for voltage there.
IIRC a bad transfer pump can destroy a main pump.



Julie Macfarlane
"Its not just a car! Its an adventure!"
DSM4 entry: "Masochism: See Scirocco"
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
1985 MKII 1.8L 8v w 9A Wolfsburg
Amsterdam NY





>From: Blake Irvin <blake@clockworm.com>
>To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: fuel pumps in series?
>Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:34:09 -0500
>
>are the transfer and main pump in series?  i ran a 15amp fused line  from 
>the + batt terminal to the + terminal on the main pump and got  it to 
>'jump' and hum a little - but no fuel movement that i can see  (pulled off 
>an injector line to see if i got fuel coming out).
>
>wondering if, if the pumps are in series, the transfer pump was going  when 
>i closed the circuit.
>
>i'm almost ready to take this to the shop.
>
>
>blake/
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