Hi all,
Guess what? See below.. bit of an omission I thought (!). Anyway I thought I
would alert the rest of the list to this. In fact, I haven't bought another
Facet. I was going to but at the last minute changed my mind. I now have an
original SU type from Burlen - stuff the WOT @ 80mph (for now eh). Couple of
questions.
I, yes I admit it - I butchered my fuel line fitting to use this @!$%$#@
pump. I cut off the std SU fittings and used flexible line to the Facet -
the only way to do it. Now I have to go back of course. ;) MG gods slapped
me for my ireverance eh!! ;) I hear that the later cars used flexible lines
to the pump - is that correct? If so, is there some such fitting for the
pump that allows me to use flexible lines? Anyone know if the pumps are the
same, just the fitting is different?
Cheers,
Neil
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Neil,
I'm sorry you experienced trouble with one of our pumps. This is not a
common problem although we did experience some failures of this nature.
Corrective action for this problem was instituted in July of 99 in
production. Since that date there have been VERY Few failures of this kind.
I would be interested to know the date code on the pump if you still have
it. It will be an alpfha-numeric code stamped on the mounting foot of the
pump such as C9D.
For your information we are in process of converting all of the interrupter
pump configurations to a solid state design. This eliminates the lead wire
issue as well as the contact issues associated with production and design
life. The silver top has not yet been converted but is should be out this
year.
Best regards
Craig S. Weber
Technical Director
Purolator Products
> ----------
> From: Neil Cotty[SMTP:ncotty@teleplan-uk.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:14 AM
> To: EngineeringF@facet-purolator.com
> Subject: Silver Top Pump Failure
>
> Hello,
>
> I purchased a Silver Top fuel pump some six months ago and yesterday the
> pump hot wire burnt out from _inside the pump body and the cars interior
> filled with smoke. I am reporting this to you as an FYI. I am about to
> buy another silver top pump (on the premise that this was just a bad
> example) and return this one to my dealer for evaluation. The + supply
> line from the car into the pump is undamaged. Over the last week I began
> to notice the car jerking (very occasionally), and I had a couple of
> fuses blow on that circuit. Inspecting the circuit didn't show up any
> problems in the wiring to the pump, no cracks or damage, it looked fine
> externally so I am putting this down to an internal failure of some
> sort. When the fuses blew I replaced with the same rating fuse and I
> can't explain why the fuse didn't blow this time. It is quite scary to
> have this sort of failure in such a critical area of the car hence my
> email to you. I hope you can assure me this sort of failure is not a
> common occurence with this pump! :)
>
> Kind Regards,
> Neil Cotty
> Portsmouth, England
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