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Subject:Re: loud fuel pump.
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Thu, 28 Feb 2002 08:58:08 -0600

Look around salvage yards and pick up a spare pump.
Most times I get them for about $25.00
You can also run a pressure test on your pump, see Bentley or Hays for
the numbers.

Stan Wilder

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:36:57 -0500 Greg Marshall <earthboy@ROGERS.COM>
writes:
> The fuel pump in my bus has gotten really loud lately.  Everything
> is
> still running fine, but it's a bit disconcerting at stop lights.
> Is
> this a sign of impending failure?  The fule filter is less than a
> year
> old, but I suppose it could have picked up a big chunk of crud out
> of
> the tank.  Would this kind of blockage make the fuel filter work
> harder,
> hence run louder?  It has the setup with the silver cannister
> filter
> before the pump.
>
> thanks.
>
> greg
> 82 westy (whhiiiiiiiiiiirrrr)
>
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