Hi Brett_jjj,
Couple of questions regarding a scenario my partner has encountered with her VP (Late 92 Model)
(Thank you for these pics, they'll help greatly in future attempts to get a fuel pump back in
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As my partner is one of those stubborn self learners/starters etc she attempted changing a fuel pump herself. This is where it get's tricky... She grabbed a second hand pump from a VN, fitted it to the fuel sender pipes and had installed in less than 20mins... (Of course I was not "impressed" It took me 3 hours to do the one on my VS, way to emasculate a bloke right?)... Second, general rule of thumb, no second hand pumps... Third... The fact she got it back installed (Properly, or so I thought) in 20 mins with out issue, primed, cranked, and 4 weeks later still running...
Well of course she was feeling quite the mechanic afterwards, however I questioned her about this hose and funny enough this hose was not attached on the unit she pulled out of the tank nor was it put on going back into the tank (as I'm led to believe)...
At this stage, we can run that VP to near empty and not have one issue at all?
My question: Is it possible having the hose lying on the bottom of tank, 100% of the time, going to cause cut outs and fuel issue's not having the return there in the future (Probably? right?) I mean if it hasn't stalled by now, it should have being nearly empty all the damn time!!! Not to sure what to think? short of taking it back out... But that comes with more issue's than I am prepared to accept right now
I find it a little strange that a hose can be detached, and the car not be affected? (of course the alternative, My partner did connect it and didn't know? Although it's something you wouldn't forget doing immediately after installing a pump?)
Anyways, If there is any anomalies you could perhaps suggest it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank mate