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Posted by Laszlo on 29-Oct-2002 at 19:23:

a nice long drive to WPB and on the way home, in the street where I live, the car slowed down, then the engine died. First instinct was fuel pump. I pulled the hose off of fuel injector, no fuel ... so next step fuel pump removal... the pump is dead. I tried to clean it, after 10 minutes of cleaning, trying it started again. Strainer was filty, fuel filter also was too heavy so I replaced that too. I still suspect that the tank is filthy and needs cleaning inside. Any way to do it w/o removing the tank ?
I added a fuel injector cleaning solvent, etc but the stuff on the bottom of the tank is still there and trying to find a way to get it out.
The car runs fine now, idles better then before. The pump is expensive (for what it is) 169.99 original Bosch unit. (not from BMW though)
I ordered it, but never paid for it, still on the shelf of the store. Should I buy it anyway ? Maybe mine could die any minute after it stopped working for a second ?
If you know or experienced anything like that please tellme what can I except. I know it is 12 y/o and probably time to replace, but if this is still good, then I would pass the replacement a little further.

by the way pump replacement is easy, just smelly.




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