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On 5 Sep 2006 at 19:26, russw wrote: > The stock fuel pump is above the tank ONLY if the car is sitting level. > If the nose is in th air, the tank can be above the engine. It's even "worse" than that. If the tank is half full or more, the carbs will fill by gravity alone, even sitting on level ground. Dan O'Donnell just proved that a couple weeks ago after his fuel pump died. I suggested that he just bypass the pump and drive it home, and that's exactly what he did. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~