What's Your Fuel Pump?

[sifaan]

Hi!

 

My fuel pump was giving problems (esp. not starting in the morning unless I moved the seat and gave the fuel pump a few taps) and I had to replace it.

I checked on service.citroen.com, and found that the fuel pump for my car (based on VIN) was 1525.KH, which I ordered (cost ~120 pounds). The car is a 2002 year 2.0 petrol (EW10J4 engine).

 

When the pump arrived (to Sri Lanka) I took it to the garage and it turned out the pump was different to what I had (the guage was on the other side, and the old pump had a mechanical fuel pressure regulator that the new one doesn't have). The citroen site doesn't show that the part had been superceded.

 

When I checked from the long part number (the 96 xxx xxx 80) on the old pump, I was told that the corresponding part was 1525.Q6, which had been superceded by 1525.NS. This pump costs ~175 pounds. Be that as it may, the 1525.KH pump seems to be working... given that the car's maintenance has been a bit iffy, I'm not ruling out the possibility that someone fitted a similar pump (the 1525.Q6) rather than try to find the original. Especially as Q6 is available where I live (Sri Lanka) and KH was not.

 

Can anyone shed some insight on this? Could the citroen website be wrong? Does anyone with a EW10J4 know what the part number for their fuel pump is (preferably someone who has actually replaced the fuel pump, just in case their is something wrong with the site)

 

Thanks!