Re: [T3] the mystery deepens

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 27 Dec 2002, at 22:28, Fiesta Cranberry wrote:

> >If you are always hearing the two series of 
> >clicks but not always the whirring of the pump 
> 
> Yes, I always hear the 2 clicks, but I don't hear the pump when the
> car won't start.

Then you should keep your test light in the car and use it the next 
time you have a problem. Find out whether power is getting thru the 
fuel pump relay.

> >Have you checked the wires to the pump 
> >and the connections at the pump? 
> 
> No, I don't know where the pump is (how embarrassing).

It's under the front end, behind the front axle beam in the 
passenger (right ) side.

> I don't think it's a corrosion problem on the fuses; they all look
> very clean.  The inside of my car is in really good shape, nothing's
> rusted or corroded.  I'll clean them, anyway, just to be sure.

I wouldn't bother. Just check for power at the relay and work 
forwards or backwards depending on the results. 

Think of electricity as being just like water under pressure in a 
pipe. Imagine that you can check for pressure at various points 
along the pipe. When no water comes out the far end you just need 
to find 2 points along the pipe, one with pressure, one without, as 
close to each other as possible. The problem is between these two 
points.

-
Jim Adney
Madison, WI USA


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