Did my fuel pump just die?

Ok, I just bought myself a '82 Golf C. It ran pretty crappy but I was able to drive it home. I ran the engine a few times outside my house while trying to clean the carb and trying to get it to run better. But now it just won't start again…

But if I pour a little petrol in the carb it starts immediately for like one second but then dies again. Doesn't that mean that the engine is fine and I'm getting a good spark and the engine just isn't getting any gas?

does surgest fuel starvation take fuel line off the carb stick it in a coke bottle turn engine for a few seconds see if there is any fuel in it, if so blocked carb m8, if no fuel work back wards till u find some

Gas filter was FULL of rust and junk, fuel pump DEAD!

Think I'll need a need tank, pump, lines and filter….

Think I'd replace it anyway, would'nt want to use the old junk with my newly rebuilt engine

Ok, so I unplugged the line from the fuel tank and connected it to a 0,5l coke bottle and that works to get the engine going. BUT I can actually see the gas run down… VERY fast! I plugged the line going back to the fuel tank to another bottle and some of the gas goes back there…

But I have no idea where all that gas is going! Since the engine runs "fine" it can't be using all that gas, engine would just choke…

Nah not using it that fast the return pipe will be holding alot and putting it back in tank

The pipe can't really be holding a half a liter can it? I did this 2 or 3 times and each time it only returned like 1/5 of the gas to the return bottle.

hmmmm be surprised how much it can hold, but no does sound like something aint right, how long was car running for each time

about 30 to 40 seconds..

are you draining the pump or carb down each time as they probly hold around 1/3 litre

Ice_Golf said

Gas filter was FULL of rust and junk, fuel pump DEAD!

Think I'll need a need tank, pump, lines and filter….

Think I'd replace it anyway, would'nt want to use the old junk with my newly rebuilt engine

And filler neck too   I thought it would be a mechanical fuel pump and they rarely just die  :dontknow:

Ok, I'm dumb

I have a mechanical pump and there is nothing wrong with it. Seems the filter was just clogged. But I don't know how I could have failed like this….