Can only speak from personal experience, but under normal
circumstances--i.e. not Phoenix in August--the fuel system should
remain "full," with even a teensy bit of pressure overnight. That
means no clicking or just a click or two when you turn the key
in the morning.
If you're getting a lot of clicks every morning, you're either:
1) losing gas from the float bowls (from heat or a leak) or
somewhere else
2) you have an air leak somewhere in the system (probably
between the pump and the tank)
3) you have a bad valve in the pump (not likely--there isn't much
to fail)
Are you sure your pump isn't pumping furiously when the engine's
running? When I had a points-driven pump, I could tune the BMC
radio between stations and listen to every beat of the pump--kind
of an LBC EKG ;)
The hard fiber washers used on banjo connections usually need
to be re-tightened after being in service for awhile.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Ned Smith" <smithn00@kitepilot.net>
> If you drive your AH almost everyday, should you get a lot of fuel pump
> clicks when you start it up the next day or just 2 or 3?
>
>
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> TIA,
>
>
>
> Ned Smith
>
> BJ8
>
> near Chattanooga, TN
>
> N34.89, W85.47
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