Hi,

It's looking like I might have to replace my fuel pump in the coming days as it's making a unusual buzzing/high pitch noise that I've not experienced before and it's driving me nuts. Anybody else experienced this?

Been looking at replacement pumps and the other question I've got is does it matter if the part number makes a major difference as I've seen two different part numbers for the vrs. The first one is 6Q0-919-050 and the other is 6Q0-919-050A. From what I've been able to find out, one was put in the cars from when production of this model began until 2004 and the latter was put in the car from 2005 until production finished. Can anybody else confirm or shed any light on it?

Thanks in advance.

sounds like it's tired but I would check the age of the fuel filter first   re the numbers one is just a later (maybe modded) version of the other   just don't get a secondhand petrol one I ' m sure they are different pressures 

I'm thinking it's slowly coming towards the end of its life. I think I'm gonna have to replace it at some point because my old Fabia vrs that my Mrs has got doesn't do this and it's the same age and it's clocked 160k. Something definitely isn't right, I'm sure of it.

Just found this on here and this is exactly what's happened with mine

does it make a noise when the fuel tank's full or only happen when it gets to about 3/4 full?

 

Could just be it's priming in which case it's normal.

It does it all the time, but just to update, since last week I have used the fuel that was given to me and put in my car by dad, that has now all been burnt off and yesterday I put some shell nitro+ diesel in the car and the pump has become significantly quieter.

 

I'm convinced that the fuel put in my car was dodgy/crap and thus upset the pump. I found out that the fuel he put in there had been sat in his outside shed for 3 months which makes me wonder if there was water/moisture in the fuel???

interestin'

Yeah, I'm now convinced more than ever that it was dodgy fuel. It now sounds as though the pump is trying to shift out the old fuel/crap.

 

I'm going to Manchester on Saturday which is a 350 mile round trip from my house so I'm gonna fill it up with Shell Nitro+ and stick a bottle of redex in with it unless anybody can recommend any other fuel system cleaner that is better than redex?

Edited 9 September, 201510 yr by nordicblue99