e30 325i fuel pump location external or in tank ?

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Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:19 pm

as above just wondered where fuel pump is ?
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Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:25 pm

It's in the tank... Under the rear seat on the drivers side (RHD cars that is) there is a plate. Remove this and you can see the pump and fuel level connectors.

I'm not sure about the diesels, they might have an electric lift pump to the high pressure fuel pump..

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Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:18 pm

even petrol models can have dual pumps , 1 in tank is a low pressure (lift up) and the one outside side is the main high pressure pump , have a look under the car if you see a pump like this Image then you got dual pump set up , if not then its got the single pump in the tank like this Image
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Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:41 pm

sati wrote:even petrol models can have dual pumps , 1 in tank is a low pressure (lift up) and the one outside side is the main high pressure pump , have a look under the car if you see a pump like this Image then you got dual pump set up , if not then its got the single pump in the tank like this Image

you are right sir. car has external pump too :thumb:
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early have external
late internal
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Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:56 pm

Change over from two pumps to one was shortly after the introduction of facelift cars - around the beginning of '88.
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