God damn liftpump.

LNXGUY · Oct 16, 2014

Dead, of course it happened when I was on my way home from Tim Hortons this morning, so I had a nice walk to finish the trip, lol.

Anyone have a spare laying around they want to get rid of? Car is currently about 3 blocks away from the house with the 4 ways on. I gotta get CAA here with a flatbed to get the poor girl home.

orignl · Oct 16, 2014

Dunno if this helps....
I just replaced my original, dead, 2006 O/E lift pump.
Car still ran although the lift pump was dead.
You can borrow this one till you get a working replacement.
I'll need it back as I'm going to replace the lift pump motor and save as a spare.
Let me know.
Dave

LNXGUY · Oct 16, 2014

Thanks for the offer Dave but I really want a working pump I can drop in and not worry about (For the time being)

orignl · Oct 16, 2014

Understood.
Just thought I'd ask in case you couldn't get your hands on a replacement soon.

Dave

strikeraj · Oct 16, 2014

i got my replacement from mike@defendertech (tdiwagonguy?)
he is top notch in his service and very fast shipment if he has it in stock (he actually delivered the pump to my house himself)

LNXGUY · Oct 16, 2014

I got a hold of Mike, should be going down there for a replacement (This is actually a replacement from him as well)..

thebarber · Oct 16, 2014

Is this a common thing on the PD?

LNXGUY · Oct 16, 2014

thebarber said:
Is this a common thing on the PD?

Pretty common problem yeah. From now on I'm going to have a spare in the trunk

thebarber · Oct 16, 2014

LNXGUY said:
Pretty common problem yeah. From now on I'm going to have a spare in the trunk

Happen to have a VW part #? I know a guy...

strikeraj · Oct 16, 2014

LNXGUY said:
Pretty common problem yeah. From now on I'm going to have a spare in the trunk

that's why i just replace the pump itself but not the whole plastic box
that way even if the pump fails I can still drive

thebarber · Oct 16, 2014

Actually....what's a good price?

LNXGUY · Oct 16, 2014

strikeraj said:
that's why i just replace the pump itself but not the whole plastic box
that way even if the pump fails I can still drive

Yup, if replacement pumps were available when I had the original liftpump I would have done the same. You can't swap pumps on the replacement liftpumps unfortunately.

Car is back up and running, I like jobs that take 5 mins (Lucky for me there was less then a 1/4 tank of diesel left, didn't spill a drop!)

thebarber said:
Actually....what's a good price?

Talk to Mike @ http://www.defender-tech.com/ for replacement pumps.

orignl · Oct 16, 2014

Glad to hear.

Dave

dlb · Oct 17, 2014

LNXGUY said:
Yup, if replacement pumps were available when I had the original liftpump I would have done the same. You can't swap pumps on the replacement liftpumps unfortunately.

Car is back up and running, I like jobs that take 5 mins (Lucky for me there was less then a 1/4 tank of diesel left, didn't spill a drop!)

Talk to Mike @ http://www.defender-tech.com/ for replacement pumps.

How long did your pump from Mike last ?? I heard they are noiser than the OE pump ??

LNXGUY · Oct 17, 2014

dlb said:
How long did your pump from Mike last ?? I heard they are noiser than the OE pump ??

Bought it in March of 2012. Even Mike said it was odd that it died this quick. It's definitely noisier then stock.

DumpInfo · Oct 17, 2014

I haven't changed mine yet and I have 240k. Should I be looking out into changing this soon?

LNXGUY · Oct 17, 2014

DumpInfo said:
I haven't changed mine yet and I have 240k. Should I be looking out into changing this soon?

I'd probably have a spare on hand, my original lasted well over 300k. No need to change it before it dies however, you might get lucky and never have to replace it.

andy2 · Oct 17, 2014

LNXGUY said:
It's definitely noisier then stock.

I noticed that my defender-tech lift pump was noisy also.It works so I don't care.I installed it on my ALH car so I didn't know how much noise was normal.

clamb · Oct 18, 2014

I no longer have my pd but mine died last Christmas.... Family in car in the middle of a blizzard (Christmas tree on top of the car). Thankfully we weren't far from a parking lot and a friend was available to pick us up. It was a cold day

LNXGUY · Oct 18, 2014

andy2 said:
I noticed that my defender-tech lift pump was noisy also.It works so I don't care.I installed it on my ALH car so I didn't know how much noise was normal.

Yeah, I don't worry about the noise either.. It works, it's cheap and that's all that matters.

rangeroad · Oct 18, 2014

Went to check mine today....and nada. Voltage checks out fine. Original pump with 212k. So, I should be able to just replace the pump motor since its original?

Wagon starts and runs fine. Ever so slight hesitation re-starting after engine is warm. Cold mornings fires right up.

LNXGUY · Oct 18, 2014

Yup, if you've got an original pump you can order just the motor from Mike and do the swap.

rangeroad · Oct 18, 2014

great thx.

strikeraj · Oct 19, 2014

rangeroad said:
great thx.

just be ready it is a real b@#$h to install the fuel line inside the pump

DumpInfo · Oct 19, 2014

LNXGUY said:
I'd probably have a spare on hand, my original lasted well over 300k. No need to change it before it dies however, you might get lucky and never have to replace it.

Alright, thanks

rangeroad · Oct 21, 2014

Placed my order on the website Saturday. Went to reply to confirmation email just now for a tracking number and the email bounced. Hopped on his website and its down....anyone have a business number for Mike?

LNXGUY · Oct 21, 2014

Sent you a PM.

God damn liftpump.

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