Member Since: 03 Nov 2013
Location: Australia
Posts: 9
Low Pressure Fuel Pump Replacement
Morning all,
Is there a tutorial on how to remove the fuel pump from the tank?
Have searched so if there is one I obviously cannot find it.
Thank you
25th Mar 2022 12:18 am
PROFSR G
Member Since: 06 Mar 2017
Location: Lost
Posts: 5061
You need to empty the tank first either by driving or pumping it out via the LPFP/schrader valve.
The tank itself is not difficult to drop but it is a bit awkward if done with the car on the ground. A pair of small ratchet straps can be slid under the plastic tank and supported at the chassis rails once the cradle bolts have been loosened enough, and the heat shields and the upper plastic cover at the front has been removed.
The fuel delivery pipework can be detached at the fuel filter and FBH pump allowing the pipes on the tank to come away with it. Then the fuel filler pipe obviously needs to be disconnected at the rear, and lastly once you have dropped the tank slightly you can then disconnect the electrical plug/pipework.
Once the tank is out be careful with removing the individual fuel lines as the clips are brittle, easily damaged and not available separately from the module cover
Once inside the fun really begins and I don't think there's a man alive who's memory can guide you on that bit.
Actually it's not difficult but it is fiddly with pipes going in all directions, so take careful note of everything before you remove it (pics?) Or, you'll be back here begging for mercy of which there will be absolutely none. yµ (idµ - eAµ) ψ=mψ
25th Mar 2022 1:57 am
Chilly_07
Member Since: 03 Nov 2013
Location: Australia
Posts: 9
Yep, got tank out and top off from fuel pump.
Just need to know how to get pump out. What fixes it in place? Etc
25th Mar 2022 2:24 am
PROFSR G
Member Since: 06 Mar 2017
Location: Lost
Posts: 5061
Pull the green expander strap and the module case will open up.yµ (idµ - eAµ) ψ=mψ
25th Mar 2022 2:43 am
Chilly_07
Member Since: 03 Nov 2013
Location: Australia
Posts: 9
Sorry, n o green expander mine.
I think my 2012 TDV6 model has the same set up as the 3.0. You have to twist the fuel pump to remove.
25th Mar 2022 11:39 am
PROFSR G
Member Since: 06 Mar 2017
Location: Lost
Posts: 5061
Ah, I was looking at your profile which said D3. yµ (idµ - eAµ) ψ=mψ
25th Mar 2022 12:40 pm
Chilly_07
Member Since: 03 Nov 2013
Location: Australia
Posts: 9
Updated to D4
25th Mar 2022 9:53 pm
onetwentie
Member Since: 25 May 2020
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 105
Just reviving this old thread, in the hope for some help.
So I realised that on the D4 the pump module is removed by twisting it, is it meant to have a guaze/filter in it like the one in the D3?
@Chilly_07 - did you manage to separate the pump from the plastic housing? Also where did you source the replacement?
thanks
14th Oct 2024 1:47 pm
z1234567890
Member Since: 30 Nov 2015
Location: Dubai
Posts: 165
any update on this topic guys, what sign of failure of fuel pump?
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and I don't think there's a man alive who's memory can guide you on that bit. 
