Re: [T3] not pumping fuel

["Brad Mularcik" <BnPWOODtype3@att.net>]

<x-flowed>Should I pull apart the top of the carb, and check the float valve?  I am 
resistant to mess with a brand new one, but if I send it back it will be 2 
weeks before I have it in my hands again.

Brad Mularcik
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Ayres" <comwest@att.net>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] not pumping fuel


> BradM=> Kadrons need about 1.5psi, while many stock pumps are about 4psi.
> A stock Type 3 pump runs at 5psi, a stock Type 1 pump at 3.5 or so. But 
> like Jim said, it ain't the pressure that's the problem. Pressure controls 
> how fast the bowl fills up, not when the valve opens.
>
> Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
> '66 Big Ghia
>
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