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New SU Fuel Pump – Electronic
Created on 2007-02-19 19:52:07
Well although I have new points and condenser for my old pump, which has also started working without needing a tap again now, I decided I get a new SU electronic fuel pump as someone in the club had one and I could get it cheap. These keep the “tick, tick, tick” but are solid state electronic so no points to go bad over time. I also went this route rather than other pumps to avoid rerouting or changing any of the lines and hoses.
First problem I had was one of the ‘O’ rings for the new pump was missing. However a quick visit to AutoZone was able to rectify this – it may not be exact but it was close enough. I noticed that the banjo bolts have 2 holes in them and as this was my first time looking at an SU fuel pump I made the assumption that the bolt holes had to line up with the output lines. Wrong! I did manage to the things to work when aligned but I had a leak at the pump. After tightening this fixed the problem and in the interim I learned that the alignment I was so concerned about was not needed at all. Fuel will flow without this alignment of the banjo bolt holes and the car has been running fine.
I did get everything fully tightened down later and into position and one good thing that came out of the research into the banjo bolt alignment was the need to add some tubing to the air intake for the pump. Mine didn’t have any originally and I was blissfully unaware of this need. I now have some tubing on the intake and will tie this up in the battery box. Plenty more lessons learned about fuel pumps.
First problem I had was one of the ‘O’ rings for the new pump was missing. However a quick visit to AutoZone was able to rectify this – it may not be exact but it was close enough. I noticed that the banjo bolts have 2 holes in them and as this was my first time looking at an SU fuel pump I made the assumption that the bolt holes had to line up with the output lines. Wrong! I did manage to the things to work when aligned but I had a leak at the pump. After tightening this fixed the problem and in the interim I learned that the alignment I was so concerned about was not needed at all. Fuel will flow without this alignment of the banjo bolt holes and the car has been running fine.
I did get everything fully tightened down later and into position and one good thing that came out of the research into the banjo bolt alignment was the need to add some tubing to the air intake for the pump. Mine didn’t have any originally and I was blissfully unaware of this need. I now have some tubing on the intake and will tie this up in the battery box. Plenty more lessons learned about fuel pumps.
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The New SU Fuel Pump - Not Back Fully In Place But Operational
The New SU Fuel Pump - Not Back Fully In Place But Operational
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