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• #15 by 8v-of-fury on 11 Jan, 2012 17:11
• Quote from: ORCoaster on 11 Jan, 2012 17:07

  Who was it that said check all lines?
  

  
  Your welcome.
• #16 by theman53 on 11 Jan, 2012 18:11
• I think you sound on track. One thing to check maybe the feed wire to the IP. Maxfax had some intermittant trouble from his 12v supply. The wire looked fine but it wasn't. That is if your ignition isn't the problem.
• #17 by R.O.R-2.0 on 11 Jan, 2012 18:38
• Quote from: theman53 on 11 Jan, 2012 18:11

  I think you sound on track. One thing to check maybe the feed wire to the IP. Maxfax had some intermittant trouble from his 12v supply. The wire looked fine but it wasn't. That is if your ignition isn't the problem.
  

  
  my ignition switch is the problem now.. going out to freeze my @$$ off and replace it.. hope its easy.
• #18 by RabbitJockey on 11 Jan, 2012 20:37
• They're pretty easy in a rabbit or mk2
• #19 by R.O.R-2.0 on 12 Jan, 2012 06:40
• Quote from: Trev0rbr on 11 Jan, 2012 20:37

  They're pretty easy in a rabbit or mk2
  

  
  wasnt the ignition switch, the in tank pump is starting to act up.. have to slap the tank around once in a while. lol.
• #20 by ORCoaster on 12 Jan, 2012 12:02
• Is this the car that gets "other fuels" rather than diesel?  I haven't heard that feeding them differently shortens the life of the pumps.  Are some less able to do WVO, SVO, WMO or diesel with tons of additives?
  
  Slapping the tank around will be reported the treat tanks kindy police.
• #21 by R.O.R-2.0 on 12 Jan, 2012 12:42
• Quote from: ORCoaster on 12 Jan, 2012 12:02

  Is this the car that gets "other fuels" rather than diesel?  I haven't heard that feeding them differently shortens the life of the pumps.  Are some less able to do WVO, SVO, WMO or diesel with tons of additives?
  
  Slapping the tank around will be reported the treat tanks kindy police.
  

  
  diesel cars do not have an in tank pump natively..
  
  my car used to be equipped with a digifant 1.8L 8v engine..
  
  now it had a 1.6 diesel..
  
  so, yes, it does have other fuels than what its designed for.. and i havent dumped anything but diesel or stove oil in my diesels for years now.. they are capable of other fuels, even pure WMO.. i used to run some WMO in my first rabbit, but not anymore..
  
  i swear ive seen people do conversions on these mk2s, leave the pow pressure pump in the tank, and have reported no issues..
  
  so im thinking that if my pump is bad, its been bad for a while.. may even be the reason i never could get the digi engine running right..
• #22 by ORCoaster on 12 Jan, 2012 16:12
• So if the pump is both bad and not needed did you just delete it?  Seems silly to have a known failed part in line when you don't really need it.
  
  I think your exchange of engines to the diesel is on the postive side of the equation.  But isn't it how it always goes, find the "real problem" years or months done the line.
  
• #23 by R.O.R-2.0 on 12 Jan, 2012 19:30
• Quote from: ORCoaster on 12 Jan, 2012 16:12

  So if the pump is both bad and not needed did you just delete it?  Seems silly to have a known failed part in line when you don't really need it.
  
  I think your exchange of engines to the diesel is on the postive side of the equation.  But isn't it how it always goes, find the "real problem" years or months done the line.
  
  

  
  the in-tank pump is gone.
  
  deleted.
  
   never to give me troubles again.. rigged up the lift pump out of my rabbit under the car where the high pressure pump/reservoir was.. it never gave me a single issue ever, so thats good enough for me. its a bit noisy, but i can cure that with rubber isolators..
• #24 by 8v-of-fury on 12 Jan, 2012 21:45
• I love electric lift pumps..
  
  I totally drained my fuel system to do a re seal on the pump and a new filter. Electric filter made the priming take a minute of absolutely zero hassle .