Re: [T3] Fuel Problems

[stans4@ix.netcom.com (Stan Schaefer)]

Change the filter first and get a clean filter sock into the tank.  If
it still has weak delivery at the back, check the pumping at the
front, the line through the body might be scaled up.  Also check how
long the pressure stays up in the line after shutoff with a pressure
gauge.  Jim says he's never seen one do it, but I've had several pumps
go bad by losing the tip off the pressure relief valve in the pump.
Symptoms are low volume and the pressure doesn't stay up after shutoff
If tested off the car, the pumps's return line has more coming out of
it than the delivery line.  Obviously, if you do such testing, use
naptha or paint thinner instead of gasoline.  Fresh hose all the way
around, if you haven't done so yet, isn't a bad idea either, as long
as you're under there.

On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 16:24:56 +0100, you wrote:

>The saga of Red, my new 73 FI Auto Fasty rumbles on.
>
>Tried  testing the fuel pump as per J.Muir book, ground the wire and the
>pump ran for as long as I needed.
>
>The pump filled¡Œòbottle in approx 30 seconds when the book says it
>should take only 10.
>
>Altering the regulator made very little difference-is my Fuel Pump on the
>way out?
>
>
>James
>71 FI Fasty "Moby"
>73 FI Auto Fasty "Red"
>
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