Here is a thread with more details: https://forums.tdiclub.com/index.ph...mon-rail-vw-alive.375803/page-29#post-5686297
I have a 2 micron filter with my CP3, but it was repurposed as a polishing filter in between the OEM filter and the CP3 HPFP. The inventor of the system, "2micron", explained that it was good to have the cleanest possible fuel going through the pump. I suspect it might not be needed with the more robust CP3 pump and I've thought about removing the extra filter, but so far it's still on my car and everything seems to be working just fine.
Well the CP4 design, if it fails, releases metal through the whole fuel system. 2Micron on this forum years ago devised a filter system that would catch the particles on both the low and high pressure side. However he also discovered a way to use a CP3 pump. This solution used the existing fuel filter and the design of the CP3 separates the high and low pressure chambers (besides also having 3 pistons, the CP4 has one..) so if the CP3 fails it does not contaminate the fuel system. He stopped making the fuel filtering system in favor of a better pump design.
Since the screen is clean, your probably just fine. The pumps fail very rapidly, like in a matter of days so there unless you notice something and just get lucky, they are hard to catch.
From what they've said so far it would just be free labor. So I probably won't do it unless it's free, because all that driving isn't worth just free labor when a cp3 swap is something I can have done myself in a day if I had everything I needed. But it's tough because I can't find anyone who's got one. Darkiside developments claims to have one that would work but they're fully rebuilt cp3 was like 1400$ or something ridiculous. And I'm not fully confident that what they say they got will work. I know they do great work I bought they're 3" downpipe but they don't have a listing specific to my car on the website they're just verbally saying they got one and I don't really want to risk it especially with the high price it's hard to justify the swap. But if I can get this done for 1k or less in parts then it'll be worth not worrying about the cp4
Thats true lol. I don't know much about whitbread or if they could tune my car if needed while it's there? Malone claims I might need a tune adjustment to run that pump. I'm mainly wanted to switch the pump because I want to take this car to high miles and I don't want to worry about it. I'm also wanting to install a garret ball bearing gtb2060vklr or something similar on the car. My stock turbo blew and I ended up ordering a cheap new turbo in a pinch from a guy that I later seen bad reviews about on the forums. The turbo was from China and I had to use it because financially I had no choice but now I just want to get rid of it and put a garret on. Not wanting alot of power but wouldn't mind a slightly larger turbo because the passat has a smaller faster spooling turbo and it's constantly running 20 to 28psi at really low rpms and It's nice sometimes but for daily driving I'd rather not have to run my turbo like that unless I was really getting on it. Running full boost just accelerating like normal I don't like for some reason
Hmm did you try to ask him for free cp3 and labor?
do you have link to it?
www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk
You can get a kit from Fisher Motorworks that is compatible with the CKRA engine. A benefit of this kit is that it's based on a CP3 Bosch pump for BWWs, so it's easily sourced in the U.S., unlike the other CP3 kits whose pump is from Europe that are rebuilt. I picked up a band new one for $640.00 that has a lifetime warranty from FCP Euro (there was a promotion). If you get a CP3 from Europe, you'll have to send it to Europe if there is a warranty issue. With the Bosch BMW CP3, that's not the case. It's a North American pump.
i like that adaptor plate better than whitbreads. not sure how im just hearing about this kit, my cp3 looks way nicer though basically looks new, most the kits with painted pumps the paint chips and they just look "used" plus i feel it stands out. mine would never catch your attention looks like its factory. anyone know why the bmw cp3 does not have the grill looking thing on it or what that is even?
Hello. This thread is dedicated to that topic. All the information you will need is in it. I'd opt for a kit that uses a pump that is available in the U.S. Most, if not all, of the other kits require a CP3 pump that is available in Europe only, and most are rebuilt.
I don't even know what the change interval on that extra filter is. I should probably change mine next time I do the fuel filter as well.
from what I was told and seen on JUNKbook (Facebook if you will) they said intervals are 1 year or every 50k miles-ish?