Fuel pump replacement

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Fuel pump replacement

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Hey,

My pump appears to be suffering from old age and I need to replace it.

In order to replace the fuel pump in a starion, do you have to lower/remove the fuel tank?

Also, can it be replaced with anything other than a Starion pump? i.e. VR-4?? As I live in a place plentiful of VR-4's and very easy to obtain VR-4 pump for cheap.

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Post by tmz_99 »

you can replace it with a VL unit, or theres a few aftermarket units, one starion i know of runs a porsche unit.
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Post by fr335tyl3r »

hmmm i wonder who will flame this guy for not using the search button :roll:

mate, you can replace with a VL pump, a VLT pump, one of hte bosch 900 series pumps i believe (but only with a lift and surge tank due to pulling power) and some other pumps with minor modifications.

the VL and VLT are the same pump i am told and are the most straight forward to install, just a slight modification to the hose so that it plugs up, mounting in standard position is perfectly fine.
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let this load.. and be amazed http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/posting.html? :o
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Post by JPC »

Best bet is a VL turbo fuel pump. You can get direct replacements, but they're more expensive.

You don't need to drop the tank. See this thread:

http://austarion.com/forums/view ... 11&start=0
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Post by StarionChef »

It can be done without cutting or dropping tanks... just get under and put your hand up the hole...
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Freestyler wrote:
hmmm i wonder who will flame this guy for not using the search button
Isn't that a bit like the old pot calling the kettle black :P
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I am rofl at
StazzyBabyYeah wrote:let this load.. and be amazed http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/posting.html? :o
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WANTSOM wrote: Isn't that a bit like the old pot calling the kettle black :P
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Post by Fuel »

StarionChef wrote:It can be done without cutting or dropping tanks... just get under and put your hand up the hole...
or you can take off the rear passenger wheel, remove the cover there and you can see the front of the fuel pump.
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