chaos88
Member
I have what appears to be an "hpfp failure" and I'm getting ready to replace it.
The car is a 2012 TDI SE, about 95.000 Kms. I don't have a lot of details from when it happened because my daughter was driving it at the time. When I got there it would crank up but no start whatsoever.
The dealer wanted 6500 + and a few shops I took the car to were very hesitant on tackling the job. One of them actually told that I should go to the dealer because they have a special machine that will clean the whole installation. So I decided to do the job myself and I'm in the process of gathering parts and tools.
Now what about the diesel pump in the tank? Is it necessary to replace that as well? Or maybe there is a way of testing that out. Has anybody done a test to confirm that it is broken and needs replacement as well? I just hate the idea of "need to replace everything in the fuel installation" when the hpfp fails. I was thinking of taking all components apart and clean them thoroughly, including the fuel tank of course. I didn't see much metal filing residue but then I was told that it does not take much and they are very small, barely visible.
Anybody has any experience with that?
Thanks much,
The car is a 2012 TDI SE, about 95.000 Kms. I don't have a lot of details from when it happened because my daughter was driving it at the time. When I got there it would crank up but no start whatsoever.
The dealer wanted 6500 + and a few shops I took the car to were very hesitant on tackling the job. One of them actually told that I should go to the dealer because they have a special machine that will clean the whole installation. So I decided to do the job myself and I'm in the process of gathering parts and tools.
Now what about the diesel pump in the tank? Is it necessary to replace that as well? Or maybe there is a way of testing that out. Has anybody done a test to confirm that it is broken and needs replacement as well? I just hate the idea of "need to replace everything in the fuel installation" when the hpfp fails. I was thinking of taking all components apart and clean them thoroughly, including the fuel tank of course. I didn't see much metal filing residue but then I was told that it does not take much and they are very small, barely visible.
Anybody has any experience with that?
Thanks much,