My guess is that you have a non-standard fuel pump. The original SU type
clicks a few times at start-up, and then is mostly quiet. But some people,
apparently deterred by exaggerated reports of unreliability, feel compelled
to replace them with generic pumps which run all the time. So first you need
to determine what type of pump you have. Useful references would include the
Moss Motors MGB catalog, and the Factory Service Manual (often referred to
as "Bentley" for the name of the publisher that reprints it). Then look
under the right rear of the car, just in front of the axle and below the
battery box.
on 10/2/03 1:52 PM, Dave Gunderson at dgunderson@oecu.on.ca wrote:
> I am a newbie to the MG world as I have just purchased a 1978 B.
>
> I have a question / concern regarding the noise coming from my fuel pump, it
> sounds like Riverdance being performed behind me as I drive. I understand
> it is a point(s) actuated pump as the diaphragm moves in and out it causes a
> rod to open and close the points but should it be that loud? It is nearly
> constant running (tapping loudly); I estimate it is running 99% of the time.
> I have not had any fuel starvation problems.
>
> Any comments / suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I find it hard to
> believe they were designed to be this loud.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dave Gunderson
> Moffat, Ontario
> Canada
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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