Webasto Pump causing failure to start engine

Swalsey

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Hello all,

It's a long time since I posted but I have knowledge to share that I don't think is too common yet. Last year my TDI engine stopped running, and was almost impossible to start despite the engine turning over on the starter easily and consistently. My choice of garage had a hard time tracing the problem; eventually he found that there was a leak of air into the fuel lines due to corrosion of the webasto pump fuel line connections. If you are having such a problem, try blocking the fuel hose going into the webasto pump (in front of the right hand read wheel) - he used a tight fitting fine threaded screw. It took a while to pull the air through but then fired up and ran consistently. New webasto pumps are circa £300 and a nightmare to source from breakers in my experience so if you know of a way to repair the connections please share!

Cheers.
 
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