Hello All

I fixed my beast.

I let the fuel go way below what would be considered "empty" (being a little facetious here)and then filled up as soon as I could. And the main pump stopped working. Sand locked or something, right? Well I didn't know. Fixing cars is 98% diagnostic, 1% knowledge and 1% luck. I pulled the pump off and hot wired it and it "worked" fine. It turned and spit out the fuel left inside. So I cleaned it, replaced the fuel filter and tried starting. Nothing. No fuel pressure. Well I decided that the pump sounded much louder than it used to (when switching on the ignition)and since the intank pump also appeared fine (yes, I pulled it out and hot wired that son of a bitch, didn't blow up either). So I felt it was the main pump. Hell with it, I'm replacing it and if that doesn't work, well she was going to need a new pump sooner or later anyway.

She started up immediately.

Thanks to all of you who helped me.

cheers

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Mike in California '90 740 Turbo Wagon - Hydrogeology Field Vehicle

How many miles on the car when the pump died?

She's got 125K.

I've had her since 110K.

I believe that the low fuel allowed "shit" to get into the pump. The pump would not work even when hot wired (benched) but after cleaning the outside and shaking the gas out with little bits of brass or other metal, she would work. Well, worked in the sense that the motor turned and it made lots of noise, but it wasn't so good pumping gas.

cheers
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Mike in California '90 740 Turbo Wagon - Hydrogeology Field Vehicle