So, i opened up the filter housing yesterday and found this:
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Oh dear, i hear you all cry, my lift pump is knackered... Or is it? I've been thinking about this for a while, i've seen these filings in the filter housing of pretty much every HDi i've dealt with, yet only one or two actually had dead lift pumps. However, i was never sure how to find proof that would give us a definitive answer as to whether or not these little bits of gold stuff actually meant anything. At least not until now, because the filter housing pictured above is on a siemens managed DW10bted4, which doesn't have a lift pump pre-filter...
There you go, another piece of internet wisdom blown out of the water. I can't tell you where the gold filings have come from and what they mean, but i can tell you they don't mean you need to shell out for a new lift pump.
That's my myth-buster bit for the day, peace out.
[attachment=22118]
Oh dear, i hear you all cry, my lift pump is knackered... Or is it? I've been thinking about this for a while, i've seen these filings in the filter housing of pretty much every HDi i've dealt with, yet only one or two actually had dead lift pumps. However, i was never sure how to find proof that would give us a definitive answer as to whether or not these little bits of gold stuff actually meant anything. At least not until now, because the filter housing pictured above is on a siemens managed DW10bted4, which doesn't have a lift pump pre-filter...
There you go, another piece of internet wisdom blown out of the water. I can't tell you where the gold filings have come from and what they mean, but i can tell you they don't mean you need to shell out for a new lift pump.
That's my myth-buster bit for the day, peace out.