Filter before pump?
On 8/8/07, Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Ok I put a bench tested SU on a Midget and it worked fine for a few
> miles then crapped out. I took another bench tested SU fuel pump and
> replaced the first one. I also checked that first pump on the bench and
> it seemed to work just fine.
> So tonight I take the car 4 miles into town to cruise night and it craps
> out as I was pulling into the parking spot.
> I tapped the fuel pump and it started ticking so I assumed it has a bum
> ground.
> Cruise night ends, Midget fires up and I leave only to get 1/2 way home
> and have the pump crap out. This time I crawl under and wiggle it but
> it's hot, very hot, and does not start ticking.
> Call my son to bring truck and rope but by the time he arrives, the fuel
> pump cooled down and starting working with out me beating on it.
> The car made it home.
> So what is causing the pump to get hot and crap out? I ran a new clean
> ground to the body of the pump. it works fine when cool, This is a new
> one on me. 2 pumps that work on the bench but not in the car.
> Wires are good, ground is good. These are stock SU points type pumps.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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