2g pump rewire?

[paperboy]

i finally got around to getting my pump rewire done the other day when
i got stumped. i have a 95 tsi awd and on the pump harness there r
5 wires going in. from what i saw on vfaq there was only 2. i measure
volts and found 2 power sources. one made bout 6.5 volts the other
bout 11.7 volts. i figure the 11.7 is going to the fuel pump, if so how
much gain is there to another volt? anybody done this please let me
know. i already have 10 gauge run just chilln in my back seat so if
somone could help it would be coo...

 

[larryd]

The point of rewiring it is not for max voltage, its for steady voltage.

 

[MaineDSM]

The two BIG wires are the ones going to the fuel pump.

The three little wires go to the fuel gauge.

The rewire does help keep the voltage up. It makes a big change in my car.

 

[paperboy]

so which wire do i splice into?

 

[paperboy]

anybody?

 

[Laguna739]

ok, i did this recently, there are five but three of the wires should be visibly smaller, so that leaves two. i think the ground is black obviously, and the power is a really dark blue with silver stripes, does that sound right? another way to figure out which to use is to get your two wires that are running a voltage, and use the bigger, cuz it goes into the pump, not the most technical answer, but it worked for me, pm me if your still stumped and i'll take a picture of how i did it on my car.

 

[paperboy]

thanx for the info. exactly what i need to know...

 

[MaineDSM]

Originally posted by Laguna739
ok, i did this recently, there are five but three of the wires should be visibly smaller, so that leaves two. i think the ground is black obviously, and the power is a really dark blue with silver stripes, does that sound right?

Yes. That sounds right. There is also a page on RRE's website that give more detail. Vfaq.com might help too.

 

[EHeye]

well if you got a wire with 11.7 volt and 6.5 volts, i believe it should be the 11.7 one because if it was 6.5 volts, the biatch wouldnt even run barely.

 

[98TsiAWD]

Yep, just use the 2 bigger wires. The VFAQ is for a FWD car. The AWD's are a little different.