| Subject: | Re: Fixed Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work" |
| From: | Stephen Grisanti |
| Date: | Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:44:25 -0400 |
Thanks for that prompt. I couldn't believe he'd leave us hanging. Stephen Mobile > On Apr 24, 2018, at 12:14 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > Zoltan > > The Right & Proper thing to do @ this point is to let everyone know what the Fix was ~ > > >> On 23 Apr , 2018, at 4:27 PM, thewestyman wrote: >> >> I got the problem fixed, thanks for all the input. >> Zoltan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Neil N >> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2018 10:20 AM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work" >> >> Because you changed the alternator voltage regulator..... >> >> Could the alternator voltage regulator be blocking positive flow to fuel >> pump 30 while engine is off and while the starter turns the engine? >> >> Or, maybe something else inhibits positive flow to fuel pump relay 30 while >> alternator is at rest or spinning slowly while starter turns the engine but >> once the engine starts and runs using the bypass from battery to fuel pump, >> with the alternator now spinning faster, it actually puts out enough power >> to overcome whatever was inhibiting flow of positive? >> >> Neil. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 11:14 AM, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I posted a couple of days ago that on this 1990 van the fuel pump stopped >>> working after I put in an other engine. >>> The only electrical was involved; the wires wore disconnected on the >>> starter, and the voltage regulator was changed to a new one. >>> And I drove this van before. >>> >>> There is no power on the fuel pump relay as it should be at all time while >>> the key is out. >>> >>> Now, I powered the fuel pump with a wire from the positive side of the >>> battery and it worked without needing the ground, which it has already. >>> This way the engine could start up and work fine. The interesting part >>> is, that if I remove that wire when the engine is running, it still works >>> fine. >> >> >> -- >> Neil n >> >> Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> >> >> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> >> >> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> >> >> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
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