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On 18 Aug 2003 at 21:25, Gary Gamboa wrote: > I left work today and tried to start my car, no luck. Good cranking. > I did notice there was no whiz from the fuel pump bwteen clicks. > So I checked the fuse, it was okay. I then crawled under > and checked the fuel pump. I moved the wires around, tapped > it a few times with a screw driver. I tried to start again and it > started right up. > > I drove it home, it ran fine. Parked at home and shut it off. Then > turned the key and heard the whiz from the fuel pump. Seem fine now. > > Is my fuel pump going bad? It's too soon to tell. Wait and see if it happens again. Carry a light hammer so you can gently tap on the side of the motor next time to see if that does it. I generally don't see problems with them unless they have gotten water in them. This can happen if the car is driven in the rain when the overflow hose is cracked. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org