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Cottage Grove, Mn | I have a 08 VV with 16,000 miles on it. I can no longer hear my fuel pump power up when i turn the key on. The bile runs perfectly should i be concerned? i'm getting ready for a 5,000 trip.
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So Cal | mine is an '08, pump quieted down about 15k. 22k on it now no problems. |
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Cottage Grove, Mn | RedRider - 2010-07-12 4:07 AM
Turn the radio down.
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New Bohemia, VA | I guess quiet is what you want. Mine got progressively louder to where it sounded like a banchee, then it went on me at the most inconvenient time. I don't ever recall mine getting quieter at anytime, nor was there a warning sign before failure. Have your pressure checked regularly to make sure it is at the level, the book tells you how and it is simple, too simple. |
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Cottage Grove, Mn | First thing I did was check the pressure and it?s good. The darn thing is so quite I have to put my ear down by the console to hear it when it powers up. |
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New Bohemia, VA | pressure good, check... quiet, check.... forget everthing else and go riding... |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | +1............. |
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LaPorte,Tx. | BlackJack, keep an ear out around 40,000 miles for noise, loud noise, that's when mine showed up. Some folks think it's from the alcohol type gas. Some folks once in a while add Mystery Oil to the gas. I do know the part number for the 08 is different than the 09 and 10, so the new pumps may have a change to them that is better. |
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New Bohemia, VA | I don't know if this helps, but VT I think your observation has merit. The way mine would run it was like it was cavatating from a hole in the pump diaphram, now, I personally don't know the inside working though I do have my old pump as a trophy. I might disect it to see what may have fail, other than something electronic. But that being so, the alcohol could cause the early failure. |
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