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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: sixteen vee on 29 January 2007, 19:31

Title: 16v fuel pump & gubbins..
Post by: sixteen vee on 29 January 2007, 19:31

 :huh: my car smells of fuel & it seems to be coming from somehwere near the fuel pump. Being a newbie i'm not sure what the black box n stuff is all about... can anyone explain???

Title: Re: 16v fuel pump & gubbins..
Post by: ...joe on 29 January 2007, 20:34

black box is the housing, the bigger of the  two cylinders is the filter, the smaller one is the accumulator. i did my mate toms the other month as the casing on the housing had split along the seam, apparently its quite common. easy enough to do but i got a face full of petrol at one point!

Title: Re: 16v fuel pump & gubbins..
Post by: sixteen vee on 29 January 2007, 20:57

many thanks. Never worked on a Vdub before, i've always had rare exspensive crap to work to on!