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Old 04-18-2016, 05:25 PM
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I understand this is a seemingly trivial issue, so TIA.

Just completed a clutch install on a 99 WS6. The car hasn't been driven in 4 years, but I would start the car up once or twice a month. Before doing the install, I could start the car up fine but it would hesitate/stumble when pressing the gas.

Clutch install is complete, but now the car won't start. Fuel pressure gauge reads 0 psi and I can hear the fuel pump prime when key is in the ON position.

Fuel filter was just replaced, and the fuses aren't blown. I have already cut a trap door when I thought the fuel pump was bad a couple of months ago, but it was just a cracked rubber tube.

Seems obvious that it's a bad fuel pump? Are there places that the line could be blocked up?
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Tank empty? Car hasn't been driven in 4 years but started every month or so. Could just be out of gas. It has happened before.
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It has a quarter tank of gas in it, but it's 7 month old gas. I'll open up the trap door and make sure the gauge isn't jacked up.
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Looks like the fuel feed tube has a crack in it. I see that Racetronix sells these tubes, but there are many different size options. Will this tube work on an OEM full pump? If not, can someone let me know where I can buy one?

http://www.racetronix.biz/items.asp?...atus=0&Tp=&Bc=
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Originally Posted by tripps
Looks like the fuel feed tube has a crack in it. I see that Racetronix sells these tubes, but there are many different size options. Will this tube work on an OEM full pump? If not, can someone let me know where I can buy one?

http://www.racetronix.biz/items.asp?...atus=0&Tp=&Bc=
Just went ahead and purchased a Racetronix fuel pump assembly. Figured that the one I have now (installed in 2005) is probably about to bite the dust.



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