Lift Pump Compatibility

[Risocco]

Piece of cake on a MK2 Golf, struggling here with an A1 chassis car...

Do they just unscrew to remove? Mine will not budge and I'm so scared of damaging the 27 year old plastic.

Car is an D reg GT if it makes any difference?

Cheers for any help gents, this is the final hurdle for getting her on the road again.

[ianaudia4]

They have a sort of bayonet fitting, use a big pair of mo;e grips (avoiding the plastic!) and turn anti-clockwise, you may need to fit a new O ring as the old one may have perished. Refitting is the reverse!

[Risocco]

Cheers man, don't think my mole grips are large enough, will borrow something off my mate.

[mark1gls]

You could also try getting a bit of metal/very flat headed screwdriver on placing it on the edge where there is a raised bit and hammering it round, it only needs to turn about 45 degrees.
It's also a bit of a fiddle getting it out as the float is sticking out the side of the lift pump.

[Risocco]

Last question...

Would a K-Jet Golf GTI lift Pump be the same as a carb Scirocco pump? I only ask as I have a 6 month old one I salvaged from my now dead Golf.

A quick look on Euro gives the same part numbers? Looks promising unless you guys know different?

Cheers for any help again.

[Tim_R]

Umm, a carb scirocco pump will be the mechanical one on the front of the engine as standard. But yes the in tank pump on an injection rocco should be the same as a mk2 golf from looking at ETKA.

[ianaudia4]

The original fuel pumps for the injection Sciroccos had the part number 191 906 092G, these are now obsolete and the replacement is 357 906 092C.

I am sure the fuel gauge senders which the pump is attached are different for injection and carbed cars?

[PeteGLi]

I don't think the carbed cars have an electric lift pump, do they?

[Risocco]

Pete, there's an electrical connector going to the unit, but obviously that could be just for the gauge on the clocks.

If they were not electric, how would the work though? Just out of curiosity?

[bengould]

Hi,

Carbed cars do not have an electric fuel pump. They rely on the mechanical pump on the engine to draw fuel from the tank.
The electrical connector is just for the fuel level sender.

Ben

[fonzooorooo]

2 pin electrical connector on carbed cars, 3 pin on injection. The fuel lines are bigger diameter on injection cars too (as are the outlets on the sender unit.)You could delete the lift pump by transferring the pickup from one unit to another, but life feels short for that sort of game!