Another day another dollar is the phrase people use. I use, another month another monkey!
This time round it's the heart of the car to go caput, the fuel pump.
Typically its one of those things that doesn't give out a warning to say it's having an attack!
So it is a cold night just about to go home, we load up the car and go to start it. It turns over but doesn't fire. I have a look under the bonnet at the fuse box and the pump fuse looks in good shape. As do all the other fuses....
Once again, it’s another call to the trusty RAC. After a quick inspection it turns out to be the pump. They tried the old trick of hitting it with a rubber mallet, still no joy. Off home we go being towed. Before getting it replaced I though I'd double check the connections at the pump end to make sure it was getting the relevant voltage.
Out comes the trusty multi-meter, low and behold there is about 11V across the pump end. So it looks to be the pump.
A visit to trusty GSF car parts in Sheffield and £98 lighter we have our shiny new pump.
Being petrol related and not wanting to make a mushroom cloud over South Yorkshire I opted to get a mobile mechanic out to fit the thing. All went to plan and an hour later she's up and running.
