E30 Zone

Woke up this morning and headed off to work as usual. Turned out of my road on to the main and very busy road and my car just died. Totally cut out and would not restart. It was turning over but not firing. Then of course the traffic lights changed and I was holding traffic up. After most of the cars had tried to get round me fortunately two builders decided to jump out their van and help me push it round the corner (CHEERS LADS). Called the RAC who arrived pretty quickly (30 minutes-ish). he had a quick check and suspected fuel pump or fuel pump relay but said as the junction was so busy didn't want to start attempting repair. Anyway he suggested towing it to my work as I work in a Garage (but I'm not a mechanic!!!) so we opened my tool kit to retreive my towing eye!!!! And I have't got one... He then suggested he called a special tow truck as my car was too low and get it recover to my work.

After another 30 minute wait (which was pretty impressive) the tow truck arrived and lowered the flat bed. He still needed the towing eye to hook on to the winch but was just able to attatch it to some part of my suspension without it ripping my front spoiler off.

Eventually arrived at work at about 10.30 ish instead of my usual 8.00am start and got one of the mechanics to look at it and apparently its the fuel pump. So Mr RAC man was right. Got straight on to German & Swedish and I've got one coming out tomorrow.

Next up is to get a towing eye!!!

Bad start, but great responce from the RAC and good diagnosis. Good luck with the fix and getting the towing eys

Thanks

how much was the new fuel pump need one aswell?

This reminded me of when i got up one morning on way to work in diesel van and it died half way up a hill it had no handbrake and well after 1 hour with AA faffing about i remebered i had a fuel cut off switch hidden so nobody would nick it and well i forgot to turn it on had to re do the whole system and on an old diesel van it takes years

If you had given the top of the pump a good smack it would have sprung back into life!
No tools needed to lift up the back seat, and only the cross head screwdriver from the tool kit needed to remove the access panel.

Part arrived from German & Swedish today at £129.00 + v.a.t. Got it fitted and everythings cool.

ha ha maddog I have the same issue x x I too have had better mornings x

Brianmoooore wrote:If you had given the top of the pump a good smack it would have sprung back into life!
No tools needed to lift up the back seat, and only the cross head screwdriver from the tool kit needed to remove the access panel.

What would you recommend smacking it with?

seems to be a lot of fuel pump issues going on recently......... could we be suffering a bad batch of unleaded in this country at the moment??

Brianmoooore wrote:If you had given the top of the pump a good smack it would have sprung back into life!

I thought this type of fix was the preserve of Morris Minor owners!

toby wrote:

Brianmoooore wrote:If you had given the top of the pump a good smack it would have sprung back into life!
No tools needed to lift up the back seat, and only the cross head screwdriver from the tool kit needed to remove the access panel.

What would you recommend smacking it with?

I think in this case the tow eye has perfect weight distribution for fuel pump knockage

Mine went again the other day. have a new pump courtesy of GSF. Mine carried on running for a couple of miles once I had belted it a couple of times, then died again but at least it was enough to get me to work before it completely went!

If you get the one from GSF the chances are you will need to recycle your old filter foot as they are not the correct fitment!

toby wrote:

Brianmoooore wrote:If you had given the top of the pump a good smack it would have sprung back into life!
No tools needed to lift up the back seat, and only the cross head screwdriver from the tool kit needed to remove the access panel.

What would you recommend smacking it with?

Something weighty that maybe leans to the left?

maddogg wrote:Part arrived from German & Swedish today at £129.00 + v.a.t.

!!!!! No wonder some of you reckon E30s are expensive to run!! What's wrong with £5 from a scrapyard?

My weapon of choice for persuading a reluctant pump to run is a 12" x 1/2" socket extension.

Mine is getting to be rather expensive to be honest........ Letssee how much this little problem is gonna cost me lol x

Mine cost me £145 from ECP just a month ago
The original one last 160500 miles from 1991

I have a spare towing eye for a fiver plus postage fella!

Brianmoooore wrote:

maddogg wrote:Part arrived from German & Swedish today at £129.00 + v.a.t.

!!!!! No wonder some of you reckon E30s are expensive to run!! What's wrong with £5 from a scrapyard?

Was about 15 last time I got one for the coupe, we hit the pump pritty hard with our fists last time and that did the job, well got us to our mechanic anyway

I had the same thing 2 weeks ago but i was not on a busy road and the rac man was good he fixed my fuel pump that had given up i dont no what he done.....i tried banging it....it did not work....well at the end i drove home....

SteSE wrote:

toby wrote:

Brianmoooore wrote:If you had given the top of the pump a good smack it would have sprung back into life!
No tools needed to lift up the back seat, and only the cross head screwdriver from the tool kit needed to remove the access panel.

What would you recommend smacking it with?

Something weighty that maybe leans to the left?

John Prescott?

StefanAnghel wrote:Mine cost me £145 from ECP just a month ago
The original one last 160500 miles from 1991

I have a spare towing eye for a fiver plus postage fella!

pm sent

snakebrain wrote:

SteSE wrote:

toby wrote: What would you recommend smacking it with?

Something weighty that maybe leans to the left?

John Prescott?

A stalled fuel pump will quite likely blow its 7.5A fuse, number 11, in which case no amount of thumping will make it start again!
Finding a 15A fuse fitted in position 11 is almost certain evidence of previous (or current, if you've just bought the car) fuel pump trouble.