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On 23 Jul 2004 at 23:17, K5Dar@aol.com wrote: > Yesterday I had a major malfunction with my fuel pump. About an hour & 1/2 > after parking in the garage I found about a gallon of gas on the floor. While > taking off the hoses, the cap on the valve fell off in my hand. I put it all > back together with a hose clamp. This stopped the leak but it would not > start. There were probably other things that also fell out. There is a little spring and a piston. If you lost either, then any pump output would just get returned to the tank and no pressure would ever build up. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~