Re: [T3] fuel sysem questions

["Tim Johnson" <skinny@cablerocket.com>]

the pump I have is from a fi van lloks like can with 2 ends
for hose
can I hook it in line onthe left side and just run the return back t the gas
can that will be in the rear
like I said this is just to see if the full auto trany is worth saving
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] fuel sysem questions


> On 7 Dec 2005 at 22:50, Tim Johnson wrote:
>
> > ok my parts car fastback is fuel injected i had this fire by feeding the
> > plenum so i know it will run. there was no fuel pump in the car. i now
> > have one but the lines in the car are rotton so i was going to rig it at
> > the back right off the motor just as a temp thing as I want to test the
auto
> > trany that is in the car
>
> You can do that for testing purposes, but I don't think it will be any
easier
> than running it from the front.
>
> > questions
> >
> > #1  how much fuel pressure is it
>
> 30 psi
>
> > # 2  does the regulator reulate the retun fuel or the incomming
>
> The fuel input is on the left side, while the return is on the right, bled
off
> of the regulator output.
>
> > #3 can I hook the pump to  12 vots and run it on it's own or must it be
> > timed with the computer (just wanted to get pwr from + side of coil)
>
> You can just hook it to 12V for a test. The polarity is marked on the side
of
> the connector. The three nipples are as follows: pump input is farthest
from
> the connector. Pump output is in the middle. The nipple closest to the
> connector is the overflow, which you can probably just block off for this
test.
> (Blocking it off MAY make it hard/impossible to prime, so you may have to
open
> it briefly to get the pump to actually pump.)
>
> --
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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