In a message dated 10/4/2005 4:43:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
alexmm@adelphia.net writes:
Good question Michael. Maybe the pump has to work harder when the engine's
running, although it seems it would simply have to fill the carb bowls, and
then stop. That would imply it draws the same current, regardless of whether
the engine is running or not.
Strange ....
Let us know what you find!
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Alex--
Could it be that there is some internal circuitry that shuts the pump off
when the supplied voltage falls below a certain level (because of the starter's
dropping the voltage and high resistance) and it does not reset until the pump
is de-energized, etc? This might explain why a hot wire to the battery works
as the battery would serve as a buffer to the voltage drop. I surely don't
know but a new wire pulled directly from the fuse block will tell the tale.
Thanks--Michael
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