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Tue 7 Jun 2005 15:14

Berlingo: in-tank lift pump? - Gia

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if a diesel Citroen Berlingo (Y reg) will have an electric in-tank fuel lift pump or will it still have a good old mechanical lift pump?

Many thanks in advance for any info.

cheers, Gia

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Tue 7 Jun 2005 19:37

Berlingo: in-tank lift pump? - Dynamic Dave

On our petrol berlingo at work, you can hear the fuel pump prime itself when you turn the key indicating it's an electric fuel pump. I would have thought the same would have applied with the diesel. If you can't hear the fuel pump prime, then *maybe* it's mechanical.

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Wed 8 Jun 2005 09:01

Berlingo: in-tank lift pump? - RichardW

There will only be an electric fuel pump if it's an HDi. If it's a 1.9D, then it will have the old mechanical fuel pump (with a few electronic bells and whistle to go wrong) only - and a primer under the bonnet to pump the fuel up if you run out / when you change the filter. Electric lift pumps on early HDis are a well known weak point, and generally pack up at about 60k miles - they seem to have sorted this out now, as I haven't heard of one packing up for a while. Usually results in a no-start situation, but without any fault codes!
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RichardW

Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....

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