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200TDi Injector Pump

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L90OOK:
Only trouble with buying second hand pumps is you don't know what trouble your buying :-.  :lol:

davidlandy:
are you suggesting that im selling a dodgy pump then?

L90OOK:

--- Quote from: davidlandy on January 08, 2008, 17:07:32 ---are you suggesting that im selling a dodgy pump then?

--- End quote ---
Not at all, apologies if it sounded that way....as with all secondhand bits can anyone say how long it would last.
I personally would way up the pro's & con's of replacing a pump (or any other part) with a used item...it's going to have a limited life & you have to go through the whole process of finding & fitting a replacement part at some point along the way.
Also with a used pump there is the possibility that it has been fiddled with...unless the history is known.
As I said...trouble with buying a used pump is you don't know what trouble you are buying.

drmike:
If you're thinking DIY bear in mind you'll need to either have that natty tool that holds the timing belt in place while you take the pump off or face up to changing the belt at the same time. I was lucky and someone lent me the tools to help but I think they cost about 60 quid which does make DIY expensive. That said I did do it and it wasn't tool awful.
Mike

davidlandy:
thanks for your reply L90ook.

All I can say is that the pump ws running fine with no smoking when the engine was dismantled - the engine was goosed due to a ring breaking up, but as you say there is always a risk.  The clear 'pro' being that of cost, and being prepared to take a chance for the sake of a couple of hundred quid. I would.

if changing a pump the belt may as well be done at the same time.

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