Fw: [T3] fuel pump.... help!

["Dean Carpenter" <pontiac@gbso.net>]

Thanks Jim!
I had it correct the first time..... guess I will have to try something
else. As for the manual.... all I currently have is 2 chiltons and the
original owners manual.... even though this is the first "real" problem I
have had, I guess it's time I invest in a Bently.
Dean '70 SB FI/AT
Salt Lake City, UT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] fuel pump.... help!


> On 14 Feb 2006 at 16:42, Dean Carpenter wrote:
>
> > I just had to replace the fuel pump on my '70 Squareback. I removed it
to
> > investigate a leak that developed and determined that it was coming from
an
> > o-ring  where the electrical connection is made. I left the pump out and
> > plugged the lines with plastic caps. Upon installation of the new pump,
I
> > realized I hadn't marked the location of the the lines, but went ahead
and
> > after looking in the manual and still unable to determine the correct
> > placement of the lines.... I took my best guess. It starts and run's but
> > heres the problem.... it acts like it is starving for fuel. I thought,
maybe
> > I have two of the three lines wrong, so I switched them; now it runs but
> > again.... it acts like it is starving for fuel..... any suggestions or a
> > break down of which line goes where would be appreciated.
>
> Starting at the nipple farthest from the electrical connection they
> are:
>
> pump input, from the tank line with the alum nut, via the filter
>
> pump output, to the steel line leading back on the left side to the
> engine
>
> overflow (relief) output, joins with the return (right side) line and
> back to the tank
>
> There is a good illustration of all this in the Bentley manual, which
> you should already have. If you don't have one, I have several in
> various conditions.
>
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> Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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