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Mechanic mate to busy to look at his dads 2004 L322 which has been dragged back to the yard and diagnosed as faulty fuel pump.
Pump obtained at great cost and eventually he asks me and his uncle to fit the thing and get his dad off his back.
So starts the great faff of getting to the 2 covers under the rear seat. We opt to pull the carpet up as much as we can and leave seats in place.
Massive struggle to get the 2 pipes off the top of the fuel pump with those silly little push up or down clips. Meanwhile partner in crime is down the other hole trying to keep the interior pipes still whilst I get them off the pump.
After a couple of minutes he produces one intact float . Well we know there are two floats in the tank but heres the worlds biggest surprise... there are still two floats to be seen in the tank.
We are also intrigued by how little petrol there is in the tank. Owner had said it was showing half when it broke down. Slowly penny starts to drop. This mystery 3rd float had been fouling one of the other floats and making it read wrongly. We know this because we stick the ignition on, hear the pump run and the gauge is on the yellow light ! So having sourced 20 litres of petrol and topped the tank up, cranked the battery till it was flat, got the fork lift truck to jump it from and cranked it again, we get it to burst in to life.
We repeat WTF over and over again before heading to tell our tale to as many incredulous listeners we can find.
So, if you think you have a fuel pump failure, be prepared to expect the unexpected.
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30th Aug 2022 10:14pm
