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General => The garage => Topic started by: byebye on 07 October 2008, 12:45
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ok first things first its a 1990 8v GTI... it was running fine then i went over a steep speed hump only very slowly and something got dragged the car is lowered by 60mm.. a day later on a longish run i noticed a high pitched wheerring sound from the back of the car..i believe it to be the fuel pump i have noticed a small fuel leak from the pipe that connects it..i have done a search in the mk2 forum but want to know is it supposed to have a clamp or something round that pipe? the car is low and i have no way of really getting under there but can see that there is no clamp.
is to possible that i pulled the pipe back a little whilst going over this hump?
thanks, i was gonna take to the local vw place but they want £70 just to look at it :sick:
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yeah all the rubber fuel hoses should have clips on! pull the electricl plug off it and turn the key 1 click, you should hear the in-tank pump prime, if not its deasd and your main pump will be soon too if you dont replace it :)
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havr you got a drop kerb near you, ?
2 wheels on that, then jack up the other side at the rear, axle stand in and away you go, instant raised car :wink:
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cheers for that guys...good thinking chuff :cool: and what electrical plug? do you mean the one under the car on the pump somewhere?
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yep theres a bigun on the pump itself. basically you're disabling the main pump so you can hear the lifter work :)
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cool thanks very much i shell do that on friday...I've got two twelve hour shifts to do first heres hoping it lasts :shocked: