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On 20 Oct 2003 at 19:15, vwguy wrote: > Couldn't get a buddy yet to help me out but I did check for the clicks > and I do have them. If it's quiet, you can usually hear the pump whirr from the driver's seat. > I have my right front fender off for body work and can access alot of > the fuel components on the front axle. What is the layout from fuel > tank to engine. Gas comes out thru a filter screen in the bottom of the tank, thru a rectangular filter, and into the pump. Output from the pump goes thru a circular "damper" and then to the pipe on the left side of the tunnel. Returned fuel comes forward on the right side of the tunnel and returns to the tank. On the way, that line is joined in a Y by an overpressure relief line from the pump. > I separated the fuel line from a particular piece(Mounted on the axle > see awful ascii art below) and cranked the engine and got no gas(albeit > trickle). So its obviously from this point backward to the tank. It sounds like your pump is not running. You should check the voltage on the output side of the fuel pump relay under the dash. This actually clicks 2 times when you turn the key on, so it is easy to find. Check the fuse that feeds the relay if there is no voltage at the relay output. If the fuse and relay are good check the wires to the pump. Make sure the plug on the pump hasn't slipped out. Verify that you have voltage at the plug. You may want to check the filter. The way to do this is to remove the hose feeding the pump and see if you get a healthy pencil sized stream of gas out of it. If not, either the filter screen in the tank, or the filter in the line is clogged. If either of these is clogged, then your rubber overflow hose, behind the gas tank fill pipe is probably cracked and has let dirt and water into the tank. This will have to be fixed, but that part is NLA. You'll have to rig something. It's VERY important that this be sealed, so you MUST fix it. If water and dirt have gotten into the pump, then the motor contacts may not be making contact. Use a clip lead to jumper across the fuel pump relay to energize the pump full time. Then go under the front end and gently tap on the pump motor body from various directions until it starts to run. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org