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Russ Wolfe wrote: >If you take one aparts, You will find that the gas passes thru the motor. >Most FI pumps are built this way. Many modern pumps are even submerged >in the tank. The Ford pump that I use on my '71, has the suction on one >end, and the discharge on the other. > > > Right- my Passat's pump is a submerged pump with the suction on one end and the discharge at the other. It's obvious upon cutting it open that it works this way. Most of the deposits I found on the fuel filter when I gut it upen were the powdered remains of the brushes. The cutaways I've seen of the Type 3 pump didn't seem obvious that they'd have fuel running through it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~