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Re: Fuel pump very noisy

To: "Enrique Claure" <spanlab@ceibo.entelnet.bo>,
Subject: Re: Fuel pump very noisy
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 09:39:30 -0700
Umm, no, a stock SU fuel pump makes an audible ticking noise when 
operating. It ticks rapidly until it builds up pressure, then will be 
quiet for a time, then tick again as pressure goes down, etc.

Enrique Claure had this to say:

>Hi list, I got my stubborn fuel pump to work. I had to disasemble the head 
>because it would not move. I unscrewed the the head and loosend it. It now 
>works but it makes a lot of noise. Seems that I'll have to sightten it a 
>bit more. Are these fuel pumps pretty silent? more like a hum? Enrique
>
>


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
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