# 1986 VW Fuel Pump Problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-vw-fuel-pump-problem/53025>\
**Category:** Power/Fuel\
**Tags:** pump, gasoline\
**Created:** [August 5, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-vw-fuel-pump-problem/53025 "2010-08-05T17:46:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![cewhite3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@cewhite3](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cewhite3)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-vw-fuel-pump-problem/53025/1 "2010-08-05T17:46:45Z")

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On last weeks show (a “vintage” show) there was a discussion regarding 1986 VWs and fuel pumps. The car’s owner was banging on the fuel pump to get it working. I think the owner needs to check the IN-TANK pump. This vintage VW had two fuel pumps, an in-tank pump that feeds the main external metering pump. The in-tank pumps on these cars are very failure prone. If they fail you canhave all sort of weird problems - hard to start, stalling on hot days, poor performance, etc. I’ll wager that the in-tank pump is bad and that is the actual reason he is having problems.