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I think my car's trying to get back at me for years of neglect. I'm used to it's being just completely reliable, but you may remember that I had to put new spark plugs in it recently because the old ones were almost completely worn down. Now it's come up with a new problem. I don't get any fuel pressure, even though all the electronics and relays are working correctly. I had thought that the fuel pump was giving out, but I was misled by the fact that I could hear the pump running when I turned the key ON and when I pushed my purge button. It's now apparent that the electrical connector on the side of the pump is not making reliable contact, so the pump will run and make some noise, but it's not really creating any real pressure. In fact, it won't even put out enough pressure to clear the air out of the fuel lines. I moved the plug in and out a few times thinking that I could just break thru whatever corrosion that had formed there, but this morning that didn't help. I suspect that the connector started getting resistive recently and eventually got the female part hot enough that it is now annealed. I'll take it apart and check it, but I suspect that I'll have to replace it to make it reliable again. Time to get out the soldering iron and shrink wrap. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~