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Um, just dont use any flame source near fuel vapour. Its more flammable than fuel itself. That goes for using torches etc as well when looking into the tank....try using a digital with night vision...lol :D

edit: These views are only represented on behalf of the writer. He takes no responsibility in actions caused by others, and any injuries / deaths caused by plain stupidity :D

get a dolphin torch they are pretty well sealed i used it and a flourecent light.The flouro was a light made for working on cars with seals at both ends of the light.

To get at the tank once youve accessed the pannel you need to take the hoses off these can be absolute bastards to get off but they come off eventually.Then you need a bar and a hammer to unscrew the big black thread that holds the pick-up and seal in place once thats done the pump is very easy to get out.To tightem the big black thread back up you need to hand tighten it and then bash it back on with the hammer and bar again.When you put it all back together and turn the car on to see if it works leave the cover plate off to make sure that there are no leaks coming from any of the hoses you have put back on

Just in case you needed help from someone whos done it before.

well mission unsuccessful :D

its a braver man than me that buggers around in there,

got the black lid off with difficaulty, lifted the white lid off but simply could not see in there, shined a torch in with hesitation (but all was good) but there were too many wires and stuff in there couldnt get the white one off all the way, just lifted it up which made evereything too awkward. so its a job for a proffesional for me :D

PLUS i think that might not even be my problem, my prob is the needle has dropped ff past empty but then comes back up intermitantly, might juts be electrics

i'm slightly worried, i didnt pull anything hard or anyhting... can the fuel pump be buggered with at all from the exercise i just prformed?

i know the sound of my car, (you just get to know exactly what everything sounds like) and the fuel pump priming sounds just a little different, like its lower by one octave if you know what i mean.

upon first startup the check engine light flashed on for like a millisecond too but i'm chalking that down the the battery being out for a few hours becasue it took just slightly longer to turn over.

Hi ,allways thought that the fuel sender was the line coming from the pump to the distribution block that then sent fuel to the injector rail.

Its easy as pie and once you get access to the underneath of the fuel distribution block you should easily be able to get the sender line thats in tank if its the one im thinking of.

But the pump itself is attatched to a bracket.If you put your arm inside the tank directly in front of you is the bracket that holds the pump bracket.Admitably it is hard to see inside,so just run your hand down the pickup line to the pump lift it out easy.

When putting the bracket and pump back in remember the two forks on the bracket slide it back into its stock location,and it does so with ease no force nessessary.

You should make sure you push it against the back wall of the tank where it came from,and that the fuel pump pickup is facing in the direction from whence it came.

Keep us updated.

I want to know what you mean and if i am right about where the fuel sender in the fuel tank is.:):):P:)

Haha! we did that little exercise at the racetrack today. The fuel pump wasn't in right and I was getting fuel cut in the corners. About an hour of fiddling and swearing and finally Belgarian got it in for us. The fuel sender is the large white plastic thingy that sits to the driverside of the pump.

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