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PanelBilly
post Jun 8 2025, 09:48 AM
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Fuel pump went out this morning and the tow truck drive told us we could sit in the car for the ride home

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post Jun 8 2025, 11:31 AM
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UGH ! Happens to the best of us (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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OOF! Sorry!

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post Jun 8 2025, 02:08 PM
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Regardless... That is one very cool pic.
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post Jun 8 2025, 04:45 PM
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You were sitting in the car while it was being flat bedded?
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post Jun 8 2025, 06:18 PM
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Yes and a 45 minute drive to my home.
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post Jun 8 2025, 08:48 PM
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I'm surprised they let you do that, especially in CA. That's always my dread if I had to have the 914 'towed'. (especially post-COVID). They would leave me standing beside the road and say to call an UBER.
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post Jun 8 2025, 08:54 PM
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Had to flatbed my 2017 991 (destroyed rear tire). My wife and I rode in the truck cab, first to the tow company HQ and then to the nearest town where we could get a tire.
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post Jun 8 2025, 09:27 PM
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I'm surprised they let you do that, especially in CA. That's always my dread if I had to have the 914 'towed'. (especially post-COVID). They would leave me standing beside the road and say to call an UBER.


He isn’t in California.
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post Jun 8 2025, 10:07 PM
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It’s legal if there isn’t room in the cab of the tow truck.
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post Jun 9 2025, 05:28 AM
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Rode in the cab, two adults and two dogs, Audi on the bed with a screaming, gushing
water pump.
Nursed it 100 miles to get within 100 miles from home. Dead of winter, Vt.to NJ.
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post Jun 9 2025, 07:45 AM
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post Jun 9 2025, 07:18 PM
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Reminder: Don’t leave home without a spare FP…. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jun 11 2025, 04:11 PM
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Check out my thread: Djet issues. It may help you diagnose the problem. Ot feel free too reach out directly.
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post Jun 11 2025, 06:33 PM
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New fuel pump is in and everything is back together. Took it for a nice drive down some twisty roads today
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post Jun 12 2025, 05:16 AM
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Hi Bill,
What is the red object you have added in the front trunk? An inertia switch for the fuel pump? @PanelBilly
Thanks, Matt

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New fuel pump is in and everything is back together. Took it for a nice drive down some twisty roads today
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post Jun 12 2025, 09:22 AM
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Reminder: Don’t leave home without a spare FP…. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Carry a box of critical parts in the trunk. Doubt roadside service could replace the fuel pump on the roadside, though - certainly I no longer can. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Jun 12 2025, 05:48 PM
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QUOTE(mate914 @ Jun 12 2025, 04:16 AM) *

Hi Bill,
What is the red object you have added in the front trunk? An inertia switch for the fuel pump? @PanelBilly
Thanks, Matt

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New fuel pump is in and everything is back together. Took it for a nice drive down some twisty roads today



You guessed it. I got it from a Napa. It’s a replacement for some car but I don’t remember what model. I might find the receipt in my records if you need one.
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