Leaking front inject pump seal cause a no start?

[theman53]

send it to Giles and let this pump go with every car you own after. Sorry for your loss, but kind of figured that is where it would end up when I heard impact. Now all should know not to use an impact on the pump.

Just to show my stupidity, when I sent my pump to Giles I did not take the out bolt out and dump all the fuel. I almost lost it in shipping when it hit customs the box was leaking diesel. I just figured if it wouldn't leak out when I dumped it it was good to go. Not so.

[PAVW]

Giles?

[theman53]

Performance Diesel Injection in Markham, Ontario, canada...If I didn't spell it correctly look in the vendors section all info is there. You will get 2x the power for a local bosch rebuild price. Good stuff.

[PAVW]

OK. Thanks. I did a search and found some info. Not sure I can spring that right now. I have been looking for pumps but all the ones I have found are junk. Loose mainshafts and such.

[theman53]

You send a pump to him and you can put it on every VW diesel you own from here on out. Kinda like marriage. Maybe someone could lend you a good pump until you can swing it. I would but I don't have any good pumps.

[ToddA1]

Man, that sucks.  I saw some pumps that are being sold for parts on thesamba.com @ $35 each.  Maybe you could mix and match some parts to make a good one. 

I was considering grabbing one.  I recently opened a pump that was full of old diesel....  the vanes were frozen, and some of the parts had some pitting.

-Todd

[PAVW]

Yea thats the wierd part. Everything in the pump looks good. No excessive wear, pitting, nothing. Just isnt buildng enough pressure out of the manifold.

[ToddA1]

Did you go as far as pulling the fuel valves in the delivery head...  the part the hard lines screw to?  There's the possibility that they're stuck.  There's the main housing, a shim, spring, valve, valve holder and then the seal.

I know you said everything looks good, but when looking at mine i was worried about the fuel ports in the rear of the AL housing (to the cast iron part).  I need to get some pipe cleaners or something to make sure everything is unobstructed.   

At this point it may be easier and cheaper to buy a used, known good pump, since your mainshaft is trashed.  They usually sell for anywhere between 100-200 + shipping.

-Todd