Not a problem as such, but I found something on my recently aquired iS that I don't know what it is, and it bugs me.
Removed the fuel pump from the tank prior to taking the tank off for a paint session, and see it is different from any other E30 pump I have seen. The pump body has a loose sleeve around it, which I assume is for sound insulation, and the bit between the actual pump and the outlet pipe is different. On this pump it's a metal box with two conical raised lumps on the side.
Anyone know what this is for?
318iS fuel pump.
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TheDutch
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No idea what the extra features are for Brian, but do you think that us iS owners could replace it with the more common pumps if there was a problem? Do they look compatible?
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Brianmoooore
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Pumps look absolutely identical from the outside (of the tank), and will be interchangeable. All they have to do is pump fuel around in a circle at a certain minimum pressure.
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Dan318-is
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There was no known fuel pump problems as far as i know of on the IS. I noticed this too when i sold my old one to tony (eko), but didnt think of it at the time.TheDutch wrote:No idea what the extra features are for Brian, but do you think that us iS owners could replace it with the more common pumps if there was a problem? Do they look compatible?
ETK # for 318-is pump: 16141152266
ETK # for 325i pump: 16141179720
The part numbers are definalty different. Also, if you look on the ETK, the 318is has a completelp seperate section for the sender, whereas the 325i has just one shown
bizarre
maybe andrew can fill us in?