26-01-2018, 09:21 PM
Your quote: .".watching a video ....it seemed a bit tricky to pull the pump out of the tank and get the new one back in. That was a little off-putting to me. Did it take long for you to replace the pump?"
The one I've just done was the second so didn't take long - about an hours work n that included cleaning up the sender unit & fitting the new pump inside it. It will take longer the first time you do it.
It's impossible to get the pump out without spilling a bit of fuel because the sender unit will be full of fuel even if you've run the tank almost dry. You then then have to tilt it to get the float arm/float to clear the tank. I found if you lift it out and tilt it very gradually much of the fuel in the sender unit will drain out in to the tank. You can also press on the filter at the bottom of the sender unit to encourage a bit more fuel to drain out. It's a good idea to put rags around the access hole to catch any inevitable spills though. I also had an old plastic bowl sitting in the foot well to drop the pump/sender unit in to as soon as it was out.
I'm not convinced the pump you linked to above is the right one. Am pretty sure it wouldn't have fitted in the Valeo sender fitted in my 306, but that's an early phase 2 2.0 16v model. What year was your car? Can try to look up what sender/pump it has.
The one I've just done was the second so didn't take long - about an hours work n that included cleaning up the sender unit & fitting the new pump inside it. It will take longer the first time you do it.
It's impossible to get the pump out without spilling a bit of fuel because the sender unit will be full of fuel even if you've run the tank almost dry. You then then have to tilt it to get the float arm/float to clear the tank. I found if you lift it out and tilt it very gradually much of the fuel in the sender unit will drain out in to the tank. You can also press on the filter at the bottom of the sender unit to encourage a bit more fuel to drain out. It's a good idea to put rags around the access hole to catch any inevitable spills though. I also had an old plastic bowl sitting in the foot well to drop the pump/sender unit in to as soon as it was out.
I'm not convinced the pump you linked to above is the right one. Am pretty sure it wouldn't have fitted in the Valeo sender fitted in my 306, but that's an early phase 2 2.0 16v model. What year was your car? Can try to look up what sender/pump it has.