Thread: Noisy fuel pump TD5

Are the wires on the sender properly and clean?

I wouldn't play with the float level.


Hmmm, the whole pump sounds dodgy to me. It's such a pain to get the pump out though.

recon u have got the wrong pump......or one that was a dud.

if u can hear it at the front of the car that is bloody noisy

i would pull it out & check it against the old one look carefully at the length as well.....as the float could be in a different position causing guage to be inaccurate

i would use a genuine one......but it is nice to keep costs down.....i hate doing jobs like this twice particularly if it is not your fault

years ago we used to run a fleet of xf panel vans& ford had a problem with the sender unit for the fuel guage,which was attatched to the fuel pick up tube.they (the dealer) would on occasions instal the wrong one ,from a sedan or wagon & it would be a lot shorter...took us a while to work this one out....you could have a similar problem
cheers

Yep I checked the pump thoroughly before installing it. Didn't have a lot of faith that I had the correct one ( for reasons I won't go into) and it seemed to be exactly the same as the one I was removing.
The fuel gauge was spot on for about two days then it sudenly had brain fade.
Went from 3/4 of a tank to 1/2 in about 50 meters.
I thought I had sprung a leak so I stopped and checked.
Not leaking , not even a sniff of fuel.
I did wonder if there was a pad that the bottom of the pump that it was supposed to sit on to help insulate the noise and I had moved it out of place in the process of fitting the pump assembly.
Supplier seems happy to replace if its dodgy but they are having a few staffing issues at the moment so dealing with them is interesting.