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2000 passat has bad fule pump after running out of gas



 
 
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Old July 21st 05, 09:25 PM
Passat_driver
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Default 2000 passat has bad fule pump after running out of gas

I ran out of gas a couple of weeks ago, then had difficulty starting the
car two days ago. Now it won't start at all and I am told it needs a fuel
pump. Could this be related to letting it run out of gas? I heard
somewhere that it could damage the car if I ever let it completely run out
of gas.

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Old July 22nd 05, 01:26 AM
Joseph Meehan
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Passat_driver wrote:
>I ran out of gas a couple of weeks ago, then had difficulty starting
> the car two days ago. Now it won't start at all and I am told it
> needs a fuel pump. Could this be related to letting it run out of
> gas? I heard somewhere that it could damage the car if I ever let it
> completely run out of gas.


Yes it could. I take it you did get it to start and run at least once
before it failed.

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Old July 22nd 05, 01:40 AM
Woodchuck
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Nope! Not unless you let the pump run a long time, but to do so means you
would have to been cranking a long time. I would venture to say your starter
would have gave out first!


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>I ran out of gas a couple of weeks ago, then had difficulty starting the
> car two days ago. Now it won't start at all and I am told it needs a fuel
> pump. Could this be related to letting it run out of gas? I heard
> somewhere that it could damage the car if I ever let it completely run out
> of gas.
>



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Old July 22nd 05, 03:59 PM
Mark
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It may be a long-shot.. try the thread named
"2001 Passat GLX will not start"

In short, my car once would not start for no good reason at all. It
behaved as though it was not getting fuel so I bypassed the computer by
running power directly to the fuel pump for a few moments and then
started the car with the jumper in place. This worked although I never
did figure out why, the car still is driven every day and is still
running and starting perfectly. The jumper was removed after the car
sputtered back to life. It can't hurt to try this (assuming you leave
a fuse in line with your pump while you test it)... and do not
over-work the starter as Woodchuck implied.

good luck!


Passat_driver wrote:
> I ran out of gas a couple of weeks ago, then had difficulty starting the
> car two days ago. Now it won't start at all and I am told it needs a fuel
> pump. Could this be related to letting it run out of gas? I heard
> somewhere that it could damage the car if I ever let it completely run out
> of gas.


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Old July 22nd 05, 06:22 PM
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Thanks for all of your responses. I will give it a shot and see what
happens.

 




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