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Electric brake vacuum pump??
r1_pete - 9/6/14 at 11:29 AM

Does anyone know of a diesel car / van, which uses an electric pump for the brake servo? When I fit my ITB setup, I was thinking such a pump could be a viable alternative to tapping the runners.


britishtrident - 9/6/14 at 11:36 AM

Unlike fitting a vacuum gauge for a servo you only need to tap one of the runners, just make sure the non-return valve is effective.


DW100 - 9/6/14 at 11:40 AM

Most diesels run a mechanically driven vacuum pump.

Hybrids run a electrically driven pump for when the engine isn't running


40inches - 9/6/14 at 02:55 PM

Early petrol SAAB 9-5, around 1998/99 had electric servo vac pumps. May have only been the auto box models.


rusty nuts - 9/6/14 at 06:39 PM

Some of the supercharged Mercedes use a small vacuum booster pump in the servo pipes