[Healeys] Tapitty tapping of Fuel Pump

warthodson at aol.com warthodson at aol.com
Mon Jun 22 12:00:18 MDT 2020


Lets first assume we are talking about a stock Austin-Healey. If it takes 5psi, you will never reach that with an SU fuel pump. Depending on the model they put out approx. 2.8 psi or 3.8 psi.Gary Hodson


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Subject: RE: [Healeys] Tapitty tapping of Fuel Pump

#yiv8437299989 #yiv8437299989 -- _filtered {} _filtered {} _filtered {}#yiv8437299989 #yiv8437299989 p.yiv8437299989MsoNormal, #yiv8437299989 li.yiv8437299989MsoNormal, #yiv8437299989 div.yiv8437299989MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;}#yiv8437299989 a:link, #yiv8437299989 span.yiv8437299989MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv8437299989 .yiv8437299989MsoChpDefault {} _filtered {}#yiv8437299989 div.yiv8437299989WordSection1 {}#yiv8437299989 I just finished a 10 minute dash to the past on the internet looking at the clothes pin remedy.  We might as well start talking about motor oil again. Hope not!!!!All kinds of claims and reasons why clothespins works or not. Lets run this bit past the mechanics/engineers/experienced AH owners (that’s all of you) out there. How much fuel pump pressure does it take to overcome the bubble caused by the vapor lock? It was suggested it only takes 5 PSI.P  Sent from Mail for Windows 10  From: warthodson--- via Healeys
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tapitty tapping of Fuel Pump  Explain how they work, please.  Gary Hodson

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tapitty tapping of Fuel Pumpwooden clothes pins worked great when I lived in Los Angeles.   On Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 7:09 PM Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Gary -   If you start hearing the pump run really quickly, it can be indicative of vapor lock getting back into the fuel line... can happen at the end of long trips.  It's because the fuel starts vaporizing around where the line goes into the floats, and the float jet then is no longer cutting off fuel flow because it is pushing vapor into the float bowls, which leaks out the overflow tube.  As long as your car is running it should be okay, you might use more fuel than normal.  Try wiring a piece of wood to the incoming fuel line - this is an old trick with Atlantics to act as a heat sink on hot days and stop vapor lock on the Atlantics which use mechanical fuel pumps.  Best,  Alan  On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 9:12 AM editorgary--- via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
Yesterday I took my Healey BN& out for its first good run of the season -- 75 miles of southern Oregon backroads -- with our local Rogue Euro Car Group. Everything was terrific from start to finish. Car started on the first push of the button after sitting for six weeks, ran smoothly from start to finish, never faltered in restarts, everything nominal.
Except that, towards the end of the run on a pretty hot day (in mid 90s though the car never ran warm all day) as I was cruising along about 40 mph, the fuel pump started tapping at a high rate of speed and pretty continuously -- certain enough so I could hear it behind me. I have a standard original-spec points-style fuel pump, purchased new from Moss about 10 years ago and running without any issues every since.   Any thoughts from anyone -- could it just have been the heat? As noted, the car never missed a beat, so fuel was getting through the carbs smoothly at all times.   Anyone?  Gary Anderson  _______________________________________________
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