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 pete wood
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 posted on August 30th, 2005 at 06:30 PM |
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Please help, Suzuki wift fuel system issues. (Not VW)
For the first time in it's whole life, our elderly swift has broken down. I traced it to a broken fuel pump. This was ok until I had to replace it
which involved dropping the whole tank...which was half full. Took me 3 goes to find the right pump and now it will not pump properly. I assume the
system should be self purging but it is not. The pump is running fine from what I can hear, but there is no petrol reaching the filter which is right
next to the tank, or the carby.
Any ideas?
I have to get it fixed tonight so the boss (wife) can drive it tomorrow.
And yes the tank has plenty of fuel in it.
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| posted on August 30th, 2005 at 07:54 PM |
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do you need to prime it some how??
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pete wood
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| posted on August 30th, 2005 at 08:29 PM |
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don't know, sucked the fuel through the line in two places :puke
but it didn't seem to help. I have to say, even the buggy is easier to work on.
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| posted on August 30th, 2005 at 08:38 PM |
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Is the fuel filter blocked?
tssnq.com.au
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pete wood
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| posted on August 30th, 2005 at 09:20 PM |
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nope, there is plenty of fuel flow when I suck on the fuel hose in the engine bay. It seems like the pump is not pumping the fuel up out of the tank.
Stuffed if I know why. The tank is half full and the pump should be pulling it up into the line no probs.
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| posted on August 30th, 2005 at 09:37 PM |
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you do have it connected the right way round??? 
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| posted on August 30th, 2005 at 09:59 PM |
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The + - connections right?
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pete wood
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| posted on August 30th, 2005 at 10:39 PM |
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Doesn't look like it. Managed to get the old pump to run for a second. Seems like it only runs in one direction. The other direction. Oh another fun
day tomorrow. I get to drop the tank for the second time and pull the whole pump assembly out again.
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| posted on August 31st, 2005 at 10:52 AM |
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Nasty pump manufacturers had a black wire for the active and a red wire for the earth!!!:cussing
Damn I hate working on new cars!
Now the clutch is starting to slip!!!!!
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| posted on August 31st, 2005 at 11:03 AM |
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lol... buy a VW!
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on August 31st, 2005 at 11:23 AM |
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Try here next time...
http://www.mywifessuzukiaintworkingandifIdontfixitshellkickmyaskforum.com.au
:P:P
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pete wood
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| posted on August 31st, 2005 at 02:21 PM |
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Thanx for the tip Squizy, but the link doesn't seem to be working...:duh 
And to be fair, the car has done 245,000km and all we've replaced is tyres, battery and brake pads up until now. It was probably the closest thing to
a beetle my wife could buy at the time. Cheap, light, not real pretty and not real powerful. Still all it has to do is last til the beginning of next
year, then I can buy something new......sadly VWs are too pricy or too small for us (read the wife). It'll be a HDi pug wagon or a subie.
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| posted on September 1st, 2005 at 11:27 AM |
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The Suzi's are a tough little car - as you say, nothing special but they just go and go and go.... not enough power to hurt themselves.
The company I work for runs 80 (no thats not a misprint) of them as delivery vehicles - so imagine the hardest you have ever driven your car, then
thats about the easiest that our swifts ever get driven. The only regular problems so far have been the drivers side window reg failing and the
gearboxes only last about 2 years (18 year olds attempting clutchless gearchanges make sure of that! ).
Hope you sort out the problem with yours ASAP.
R 
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