| Subject: | Re: WARNING !! Re: Substitute Fuel Pump # |
| From: | George Goff |
| Date: | Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:58:02 EDT |
In a message dated 10/4/04 7:15:38 AM, vw4x4@FYI.NET writes: << Everytime I read stories like this I see a guy connecting a battery to the fuel pump with wires that are sparking around fuel vapors. >> You want sparks?!!! Pull the guts of the fuel pump from the outer can sometime and note the firework show from the brushes when it is powered up. I can understand that the arcing is suppressed whenever the fuel pump is primed, but I have to wonder what keeps the thing from going KA-BOOM as the system is filling or when it is running out of fuel. George
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