BEW/PD Owners check your lift pump

[DanG144]

This fuel pump is for Mark IV. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fuel-Pump-...ta-Beetle-Golf-L4-1-9-TDI-Diesel-/13237752714
It looks exactly like the VDO one I bought years ago, same colors etc. Mine is still on the shelf as a spare.
It only fits the BEW engined cars (Golf and New Beetle in the US) in 2006. The pictures clearly show the pump on this one.

Earlier cars (ALH engine) had pickup and level gauge only, no fuel pump, so ensure what you buy has a fuel pump, and is for the BEW.

Not sure what $285 pump you were looking at.
Later cars used a different fuel pump for the BRM engine.

As for quality, I cannot tell you anything.

 

[Przemix]

This fuel pump is for Mark IV. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fuel-Pump-...ta-Beetle-Golf-L4-1-9-TDI-Diesel-/13237752714
It looks exactly like the VDO one I bought years ago, same colors etc. Mine is still on the shelf as a spare.
It only fits the BEW engined cars (Golf and New Beetle in the US) in 2006. The pictures clearly show the pump on this one.

Earlier cars (ALH engine) had pickup and level gauge only, no fuel pump, so ensure what you buy has a fuel pump, and is for the BEW.

Not sure what $285 pump you were looking at.
Later cars used a different fuel pump for the BRM engine.

As for quality, I cannot tell you anything.

thanks


and yes I was looking to buy this one here is link ....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-VW-Die...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649



does all fuel pumps have lift pumps with 5-8 psi to provide easy fuel flow for injectors or only new ones or expensive ones?

They say the ones from Canada are special because of harsh winters so is it thats why they are so expensive compared to the other one You gave me link above or its all the same just paying extra $150 for VDO brand ?


oh and that $70 pump at your link is life time warranty WOW! and $209 one is only one year , its crazy.

Has anyone had any experience with those 2 pumps before? Whats the difference between them ?

thanks

 

[Przemix]

after some research i think i get it now,

one pump has sending unit $70 and the other has lift pump $209 with electronic pump 5-7 psi

here is a link I found

https://itstillruns.com/difference-sending-units-fuel-pumps-8511683.html

 

[DanG144]

The $68 and the $209 dollar one you listed appear to be identical. Both have lift pumps that put out 5-8 psi and about 55 liters per hour. At least that is what is shown in the photos. One could be a knock-off, I guess, made to look identical but of cheaper stuff.

The sending unit only was used in the ALH engined cars, had no fuel pump, and had a different wiring harness. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-VW...ALH-Jetta-Golf-New-Beetle-99-03-/111209640551

 

[Przemix]

oh i see

thank You

 

[Joevwtdi]

Today I learned something new to share with yee-all.

I had just finished a BEW engine swap, went to start it and the lift pump was bad.

In a pinch, we elected to temporarily take a LP out of one of Leonard's 04 inventory cars. Come to find out, that one was bad as well... But that one started up and seemed to run fine.

We went around and checked all of the PD cars lift pumps on the lot and found one more on a customer's car that was bad as well. I was doing a tune on this one and replacing the bad lift pump made a pretty nice difference.

When the lift is bad the PD's will still run fine as long as they're primed. The main symptoms are: When you start it, it takes several revolutions before it will fire, & it will slightly lack power almost the same as a weak MAF sensor.

To check if yours is working properly, raise the rear passenger side seat cushion, cycle the key & listen for the hum.

So I have a lifter that looks just like this that went bad. When I bought a new one it does not look similar to this but they sorry up and down it was the replacement. I tried to replace and it ran for a minute and then cut off,
Any ideas?

 

[Vince Waldon]

It will run briefly and then shut itself off if the engine has not started. Is this what you're experiencing?

 

[Joevwtdi]

Yes that's correct

 

[Vince Waldon]

OK, that's normal. It stops the flow of fuel to a non-running engine after 10-15 seconds for safety reasons.