A centrifugal pump w/ lifetime warranty is much cheaper - bought the last
one from Auto Zone for $27
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
To: "'Gordon Bird'" <gb@the-bdc.com>; "MG list (E-mail)"
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: RE: ahhhhg!
> thanks gordie,
>
> Yeah, this is my feeling too.... $120 for a new pump really isn't too
much
> to insure the continuation of life and limb!
>
> cheers
>
> Joe
>
> _________________
>
> Dr. Joseph Garner
> Department of Animal Science,
> University of California,
> One Shields Avenue,
> Davis,
> CA 95616
> USA
>
> tel: + 530 754 5291
> fax: + 530 752 0175
> _________________
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gordon Bird [mailto:gb@the-bdc.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 11:00 AM
> > To: 'Garner, Joseph P.'
> > Subject: RE: ahhhhg!
> >
> >
> > Yep, perhaps the jostling of towing freed up the pump. I
> > remember a large
> > portion of a summer that my A would quit just like that. A
> > firm rap on the
> > fuel pump and once again it would start pumping. This would
> > last a little
> > or a long time until it quit again, rap again, go again.
> > Seems the points
> > get welded together and the firm rap will free them
> > temporarily. Get a new
> > pump.
> > HTH
> > Safety Fast!
> > Gordie Bird
> > 62 MGA
> > 80 MGB
> > 86 Audi 4kq
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > So if you remember, motor dies on me on the freeway. Pull
> > > over. Starts once
> > > dies immediately. Won't start. towed home. Pull the fuel
> > line. no fuel
> > > pumping. aha! fuel pump problem. Check the power supply.
> > > about 8V getting to
> > > the pump. A little low, but i figure with all the attempting
> > > to start the
> > > car that makes sense. Tow the car to the shop. Leave it with
> > > them. They ring
> > > me back, apparently the car has started perfectly and they
> > can't find
> > > anything wrong with it.
> > >
> > > If it was a non-fatal intermittent fault, i would drive it
> > > until it broke
> > > again, and re-diagnose (just like in 2001). But that clearly
> > > isn't an option
> > > with the fuel pump. My friendly mechnic in Palo Alto,
> > suggested that i
> > > change the fuel pump becuase it "looked rather old" last time
> > > he worked on
> > > the car. I was thinking of getting the shop here to replace
> > > the pump, and
> > > blow the fuel line through. Any other things to try? Do you
> > > guys think this
> > > is a sensible course of action?
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > Joe.
> > >
> > > _________________
> > >
> > > Dr. Joseph Garner
> > > Department of Animal Science,
> > > University of California,
> > > One Shields Avenue,
> > > Davis,
> > > CA 95616
> > > USA
> > >
> > > tel: + 530 754 5291
> > > fax: + 530 752 0175
> > > _________________
> > >
> > >
> >
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