Fuel pump/ filter

[dlee182]

Hi,

Am i right in thinking that the 172 ph2 fuel pump/ filter (in tank) is one unit as opposed to the ph1 with the external filter?
If so, or not the case, what is the reliability of the pumps in general? The car has 67k '02.

Again price wise to replace, is it worth a direct replacement or fit an in tank (aeromotive or similar) and an inline filter?

Regards

 

[Fred@BTM]

shouldn't need to touch it ever, i've replaced about 5 mainly due to the pump failing

 

[dlee182]

Thats what I thought, I believe its on its way out though hence the question.
Anything but putting your foot in th carpet it has hesitation/ suttering, and is getting slowly worse. Now i've been chasing my tail with this car with various issues since I picked it up. The coil pack/ HT leads/ plugs/ injectors/ O2 sensors are all new. Dont get me wrong these have pretty much all failed 'naturally' and this is the most recent fault.
Cheers

 

[RenMatt]

Have had problems with the pumps in the past but they were all caused by people running there cars on the reserve all the time or constantly running out of fuel . In other words running the pump on the dregs or rubbish in the bottom of the tank or dry .

 

[dlee182]

This could well be the case from the cars past.