

| Subject: | Re: Fuel tank problem solving (Almost) |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:26:05 -0400 |
> > I put 5 gallons of gas in the tank. Checked for fuel flow at both spigots. > Yes, fuel from both sides. Tried to start car - I can hear the pump running > but it doesn’t stop as it should when there’s sufficient fuel pressure. Car > turns over but won’t start, presumably no fuel at the engine. I assume the > fuel pump is damaged from running dry for too long? Pump running or not is commanded by the ECU. It runs the pump for a couple seconds when it boots, and any time the ECU is getting timing pulses from the distributor (air cooled does this differently). > I detached the pressurized fuel line after the pump. No gush of > pressurized fuel as I would expect, just a teaspoon or two from the engine > side of the line. Teaspoon or so is about what I would expect from opening the test fitting on the fuel ring at the engine. It represents the amount that the tubing and pressure regulator change volume under pressure. Yrs, d
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