300tdi lift pump

**Gidget** · 18th August 2004, 06:02 AM

G'day all was out in the middle of the scrub on the weekend when me truck just died half way up a rather snotty big hill. After negotiating it to the bottom it then started then died again, like it wasn't getting fuel so after some guessing at what it was I turned on a little electric fuel pump (that the bloke who owned it before me installed for bleeding the line after filter changes) & away she went enough for me to get out & home. So I rang British off road & spoke to a bloke there & he said he had 2, 1 genuine @ $150 & 1 non-genuine @ $105, so asked him if they were the same, he replied with yes & there is nothing wrong with the after market one. So I ordered the after market one & it turns up & it is similar but not the same, I had to rebend 3 lines coming out of the injector pump because the new pump was 3/4 of inch longer & hit on the lines.
MORAL OF THE STORY if you have to replace your lift pump on your 300tdi go the genuine pump as the extra $45 is better than spending 3 hrs trying to fit the other piece of crap. I rang the guy back & was not impressed with his very rude attitude so I will not be shopping there or recommending them anymore.

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 18th August 2004, 07:34 AM

so, Gidget,, it WAS a pump failure???

how often do tdi pumps fail???

I have dealt with British off road for a while now, (about6 years) and apart from the pricing never had any problems. never rudeness, a certain arrogance perhaps.

:?:

**Gidget** · 18th August 2004, 07:51 AM

I have dealt with them for a while now & was good. I rang the bloke & when i said that the 2 pumps were not the same, he went on the defensive & he was crapping on to make it sound like my fault, needless to say i don't do that to my customers & I don't expect it to be done to me. the 2 pumps are clearly different legths & the outlet to the pump is not in the same position. But as I will not deal with twits they have done their dash & I will shop elsewhere from now on. As for how long the pump lasts, mine has done 185000 kms so I am not real sure. I have never heard anyone talk about them or having a problem with them before. It could have been a huge problem for me if I didn't have that extra little electric pump. In the middle of the scrub hills all round & at least 45min walk for phone reception to get a mate out to winch & tow me out.But ahh well these things happen, from now on I will be looking at how much room I have around a perticullar part before deciding weather to buy genuine or aftermarket.

**Scouse** · 18th August 2004, 09:19 AM

There's been a couple of issues with 300Tdi lift pumps over the years.
A spacer was added to prevent them overstroking & a modified fuel line is now available to stop the pipe breaking on the pump itself.
The modified line runs from the pump to the filter & is part# WJP108350. It is a longer line with a coil to absorb vibration. Some cars need it, some get away for years without it :? .

**hook** · 18th August 2004, 09:14 PM

is there also a elec pump in the fuel tank on a 300 TDi ???

**Scouse** · 19th August 2004, 01:04 PM

Originally posted by hook
is there also a elec pump in the fuel tank on a 300 TDi ???

No.
Just the lift pump at the engine, then to the injector pump. Normally you don't realise the lift pump has stopped working as the injector pump seems to do a good job by itself. It's only when you need to prime the system after a filter change or, as Gidget found out, on a very steep climb.
Very difficult to explain to customers after a service when it came in running fine

ops: , luckily that's not my job to explain this :wink: .

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