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On 14 Nov 2005 at 13:21, Constantino Tobio wrote: > I just disassembled the failed pump in my '03 Passat > My findings: > > The brushes were excessively worn, easily to 1/3 their original size. > The commutator may be out of round (half the commutator is dull > brown/black like an old penny, not shiny like a new one, so when the > brushes got worn down to a point, I'm guessing the brushes were no > longer pressing hard enough on one side of the commutator) > The fuel filter has an excess of brown residue that is suspiciously > brush-colored. > http://www.tobio.info/passat/images/PumpFailure007.jpg Your experience makes me wonder if the wear on your pump might have something to do with the fact that there is no filter BEFORE the pump in your Passat. A filter there, as in our cars, would keep grit out of the pump. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~