Toyota Avensis Fuel Pump: Specs, Fitment & Common Faults
Confirmed: a genuine, official UK recall covers 2000-2008 petrol models for fuel pipe cracks and an under-tightened check valve — worth checking your VIN directly.
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OEM Part Number: confirm via VIN — fuel pumps (aftermarket) Hüco 133254 / Pierburg 7.07795.09.0
| Fuel pumps / feed units (aftermarket) | Hüco 133254 (complete feed unit with sender, petrol); Pierburg 7.07795.09.0 (bare in-tank pump, 5.3 bar, 1 connector, 39 mm body, 126 mm, 11 A); Delphi FE0735-12B1 (bare in-tank pump, 112.8 x 38 mm, no pressure sensor); Magneti Marelli 313011300038 (bare in-tank pump, 3 bar / 90 l/h, 12 V); Meat & Doria 77788 (supply module, 3.8 bar, OE 16117297778); ERA 770162A (bare in-tank pump, 3.2 bar / 120 l/h, 2-pin, 38 mm body); Ackoja A52-09-0002 (in-tank feed unit, 3.4 bar, with mounting kit) |
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| Types & variants | The Hüco 133254 and Metzger 2250697 are the complete petrol feed units with 4-pin sender; the Starq SQ222-22356 is a 4-pin plastic unit of the same pattern. The Pierburg 7.07795.09.0 at 5.3 bar is a higher-pressure cartridge suited to the direct-injection 2.0 D-4S engine rather than the port-injection units. No diesel lift pump is listed for the D-4D engines. |
| Genuine (OE) numbers quoted | 170429F500 (Meat & Doria 76416, Hoffer 7506416); 3111137300 (Meat & Doria 76385, Hoffer 7506385); 16117297778 (Meat & Doria 77788); 8450008680 (Kamoka 8410005) |
| Fitment notes | Petrol Avensis use an in-tank module with sender; the complete units replace the sender, while a cartridge fitted into the original housing keeps it. Match the pressure rating to the engine, as the 2.0 Valvematic D-4S runs higher feed pressure than the 1.6 and 1.8. Diesels take a separate low-pressure lift pump. |
Confirmed: A Genuine, Official Recall Worth Checking Your VIN Against — Toyota Avensis Fuel Pump
This is genuinely worth checking directly against your specific car: Toyota issued an official UK recall for Avensis 2.0-litre and 2.4-litre petrol models produced between July 2000 and September 2008, covering two related concerns — small cracks that can develop in the fuel pipe over a long period, and the fuel pump check valve potentially not being tightened sufficiently at the factory. In the worst case, both issues could cause a fuel leak. Around 15,500 UK-registered Avensis vehicles were covered by this recall, with the repair (replacing the fuel pipe and check valve) taking approximately two to four and a half hours, carried out free of charge at an authorised dealer. If your Avensis falls within this build window, it's genuinely worth checking your specific VIN via Toyota's official recall checker rather than assuming this was definitely actioned, particularly on a used car with an incomplete history.
It's also worth knowing that Toyota has issued multiple separate recalls across different Avensis production years for different reasons — a clean check for one specific recall doesn't guarantee there are no other open recalls affecting your exact build date, so checking the full list against your VIN rather than a single recall in isolation is worth doing.
Toyota Avensis Fuel Pump: A Part That Fails at the Worst Possible Moments
On the Toyota Avensis, there's rarely a convenient time for this to fail — it tends to strike mid-journey rather than while the car's sitting safely on the drive. Knowing what the early symptoms look like buys valuable time to get ahead of it.
Toyota Avensis Fuel Pump: Watch: Replacing It
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Toyota Avensis Fuel Pump: What It Does
The job here is simple in principle — draw fuel from the tank, deliver it to the engine at the right pressure — but the Toyota Avensis's fuel pump sits submerged inside the tank, which makes physical access for replacement far more involved than the small part itself implies.
Toyota Avensis Fuel Pump: Generations & Engines: Fuel Pump Type
| All generations, 1.6/1.8/2.0 petrol (1ZZ-FE/2ZR-FE) | Petrol: typically a single in-tank low-pressure pump; some later or higher-output variants may add a separate engine-mounted high-pressure pump for direct injection — confirm your exact engine |
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| 2.0/2.2 D-CAT diesel | Diesel: in-tank lift pump feeds a separate engine-mounted high-pressure injection pump (common rail) — never interchangeable with the petrol pump |
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Toyota Avensis Fuel Pump: Warning Signs, DIY Difficulty & Aftermarket Advice
These are the same regardless of make or model — see our full Fuel Pump Guide for symptoms to watch for (including the low-pressure vs high-pressure distinction on direct-injection engines), confirming fitment against your VIN, and OE suppliers worth knowing.
More Toyota Fuel Pump
The same part, covered across other Toyota models.