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- From: lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se (Stamos Stamos)
- Subject: Audi fuel pump??
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.155024.24847@exu.ericsson.se>
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- Organization: Ericsson Communications Inc. Montreal, Canada
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:50:24 GMT
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- Hi,
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- My 85 Audi Coupe GT (same engine as the 5000) doesn't start
- any more.
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- My girl friend has been using it for a while. The symptoms
- she reported are: Driving along and suddenly black smoke
- is coming from the exhaust and the drivability is bad, also
- said there was a clicking sound coming from the rear of the
- car(fuel pump?). Haven't had much time to look at it but
- it doesn't start. The engine cranks over fine, touched the
- fuel pump and that felt like it was turning(no noise).
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- I haven't had time to check the ignition system but this
- seems like a fuel problem to me. How can I verify my
- diagnosis? Should I remove an injector an try and start the
- engine to see if any fuel comes out? Is there a better way?
- From the black smoke I assume it was running way too rich.
-
- Some time ago I remember someones article saying that if
- your fuel pump is making funny noises change it right away
- as it could fail and distroy other components of the fuel
- system. Which are these other 'components' of the fuel
- system. What do they look like and where are they located?
- How should I check them to be sure they are broken?
-
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- To summarise: do people agree that its the fuel pump and these
- 'other components' that are broken?
-
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- Any and all help would be much appreciated.
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- Stamos <lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se> Ellas
- Ericsson, Cellular Design
- Montreal, Canada.
-