Hey Guys -
Had the car stall out on me a few weeks ago and after trying for a while I got it fired back up. When I got him, it was making a strange noise behind the drivers rear wheel. Sounded like the fuel pump was giving out on me. I thought I should start with the fuel filter to eliminate any clogging but the noise is back and the car stalled out on me again.
It definitely feels like the car is starving for fuel at this point. Now I know the '87 e30 has two fuel pumps. One under the rear seat and the secondary near the fuel filter. It sounds like the noise is coming from the secondary one but I could be wrong. Any ideas which fuel pump to start with or anything else I might be missing?
[Update]
Did some more online reading and found an article where it talks about the Aux pump (in tank) only turning on when you are below half a tank. Sure enough, I just remembered dropping below the threshold before it stalled out. Put a can worth into it and it fired right up. Topped it off at the gas station across the street and drove it home. Safe to say it's the Aux fuel pump that needs to be replaced. Now off to research which fuel pump to replace it with... sounds like there are a few choices out there.
Had the car stall out on me a few weeks ago and after trying for a while I got it fired back up. When I got him, it was making a strange noise behind the drivers rear wheel. Sounded like the fuel pump was giving out on me. I thought I should start with the fuel filter to eliminate any clogging but the noise is back and the car stalled out on me again.
It definitely feels like the car is starving for fuel at this point. Now I know the '87 e30 has two fuel pumps. One under the rear seat and the secondary near the fuel filter. It sounds like the noise is coming from the secondary one but I could be wrong. Any ideas which fuel pump to start with or anything else I might be missing?
[Update]
Did some more online reading and found an article where it talks about the Aux pump (in tank) only turning on when you are below half a tank. Sure enough, I just remembered dropping below the threshold before it stalled out. Put a can worth into it and it fired right up. Topped it off at the gas station across the street and drove it home. Safe to say it's the Aux fuel pump that needs to be replaced. Now off to research which fuel pump to replace it with... sounds like there are a few choices out there.
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