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Jim wrote: It is VERY unusual for a pump to just suddenly stop working, after it has been working fine on a regular basis. I've never heard of a single such instance, although Russ may have. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mark (in San Diego) is this your problem ? After 6 months with the car, I have had a bad pump problems and helped another person with a bad pump too. My pump worked for a long time until it stopped, then after cool down it would work again. Then the pump would no longer turn unless it was hit with a stick, you guessed it , I carried a stick in the car to start it after parking. I connected my pump to ground on the negative (-) side and to the Batt (+) on the positive side , I found the same indication. I used blade connectors and wire to jimmy rig the pump , it had the same indications, would work when hit. I opened the impeller case front to see if foreign matter was jamming the impeller and was clean, put the pump back together then it worked for a couple of days, jimmy rigged it after it stopped then I determined the pump bad. Checked fuel pressure and it was low, figures, the pump was bad. The pump motor is sealed with tabs , it is not screwed together, it was a bear to take apart but impossible to put back together for a perfect seal. Apparantly the brushes in my unit were almost gone and gunked the works up. I think if you need the pump motor fixed right , you may need a machine shop to press the parts together with the tabs. It served it's purpose for a long time ,I can attest, being the 6th owner of a car that had many rebuilds and several motors from previous owners. I opted for a new pump and found that a Bosch from Bosch unit cost 300 plus dollars. I decided either to adapt a pump from another car manufacturer (Ask Russ) or keep checking. I found a pump that matched at Worldwide autoparts in Chula Vista (ask for Brad). Look in the Carter EFI parts book under VW EFI parts. I found and ordered my pump from Carter via Worldwide autoparts. The pump cost me 140 bucks , it maybe more or less now. When I received the pump in the box marked Carter, inside was an original new German Bosch pump. I hope that is not too much for you. LEON MARTINEZ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/