The pump is just pushing air. But its wearing away on something inside the
engine to operate it (the cam?). If it were me I'd remove it and put a
blanking plate on it. If for nothing else just so I don't have to hear it.
PS
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin B. Rhodes <krhodes1@maine.rr.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 9:24 AM
Subject: Noise from Fuel Pump
>
> Hello All,
>
> I noticed as I was fooling around under the bonnet yesterday that the
> occasional faint "phup, phup, phup" sound that I had thought was coming
> from the waterpump is actually coming from the old mechanical fuel pump.
It
> is not being used, I have an electric pump. It is just sitting there
> covering up the hole in the block. I found that if I covered up the inlet,
> the sound goes away. Is there any harm in A - covering the inlet with a
> vacuum plug, or B - having this pump sitting there not doing anything. I
am
> thinking that the noise is just the pump pushing air around.
>
> Kevin Rhodes
> Freddy the noisy Spit
>
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