electric pump needed

[4wheeler]

I have a 1.9TD . it s in a sidekick. Runs well and has never needed the electric pump that was already in the tank. Only used it to prime the pump after working on it.. Just recently it s NEEDED the electric pump or it will run out of fuel till i turn it back on..
any ideas on the most likely cause?

[theman53]

Fuel filter.
I had the exact thing happen in an 81 rabbit. After 4 to 5 fuel filters in a month it went away. Cheap and worth a shot.

[4wheeler]

I ve not had to change it before...it s all steel and doesn`t appear to come apart to change a cartrige..
Do you buy the whole thing and replace?

Wonder why 4 filter changes... someone dump something into your tank?

[theman53]

Yep, me. I emptied the last of our farm fuel into it. Black sand and slime was all that was left. Mine would run at low RPM for a long time. Normal driving only about 5 miles. Then it would have to sit for 10 minutes and do it all again. After the siphon and several fuel filters it went away. I don't know about what filter you have if it is a VW filter it should spin on like an oil filter if it is MKI or have lines going to it with hose clamps for MKII. Anything else*sidekick* I would see what it had.

[4wheeler]

MK2 it is big metal thing.. looks expensive, will have to price it in the AM...

[theman53]

http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=lmvb5v55aa0xpy55llybwgrx&makeid=800026@VW&modelid=1282845@JETTA DELUXE&year=1986&cid=22@Fuel %26 Air System&gid=6200@Fuel Filter

they are cheap. If it isn't it there is nothing wrong with replacing it

[4wheeler]

if it is it, I hope it hasn`t gotten any crap in the IP pump...
Thanks for the suggestion..

[vanbcguy]

Filter is actually surprisingly cheap:

http://parts.autopartsonlinecanada.com/parts/apocanada/wizard.jsp?year=1985&make=VW&model=JET-D-001&category=E&part=Fuel+Filter

About $15 - no biggie...

Canadian Tire carries them too, and for whatever reason it's about the only Bosch filter in their entire lineup of otherwise generic stuff.  If your car doesn't have one currently then go for the 1985 version without the preheater valve - the preheater version is nothing but trouble!

[Rabbit on Roids]

i like how people will just not replace something just because they think the part LOOKS expensive..

[4wheeler]

Canadian Tire carries them too, and for whatever reason it's about the only Bosch filter in their entire lineup of otherwise generic stuff.  If your car doesn't have one currently then go for the 1985 version without the preheater valve - the preheater version is nothing but trouble!

What are common issues with this preheater you speak of?
I`m also guessing you are talking about the white plastic fitting that snaps into the filter that the return line passes through?

Mine has that and you say it can be eliminated?

http://parts.autopartsonlinecanada.com/parts/apocanada/wizard.jsp?year=1992&make=VW&model=PAS-TD-002&category=E&part=Fuel+Filter

[vanbcguy]

Canadian Tire carries them too, and for whatever reason it's about the only Bosch filter in their entire lineup of otherwise generic stuff.  If your car doesn't have one currently then go for the 1985 version without the preheater valve - the preheater version is nothing but trouble!

What are common issues with this preheater you speak of?
I`m also guessing you are talking about the white plastic fitting that snaps into the filter that the return line passes through?

Mine has that and you say it can be eliminated?

http://parts.autopartsonlinecanada.com/parts/apocanada/wizard.jsp?year=1992&make=VW&model=PAS-TD-002&category=E&part=Fuel+Filter

If you get any air in your fuel system for any reason, it keeps getting circulated back into the filter, to the pump, back to the filter, repeat.  Even worse, a lot of the time the source of the air IS that white plastic valve itself, further confounding things.

It can be eliminated quite easily - just get a filter from a year that doesn't have it.  Filter is the same size and everything, it just doesn't have the socket for the valve on it.  Then you can connect the lines that used to go to it to eachother, making it just a straight return to the tank.  The '85 filter I linked to will do quite nicely!

[4wheeler]

Just wanted to let you guys know that the pickup line was the issue...

Had to pull it out and JB weld it... Works mint now...