[Healeys] Not Healey, but Related British Car Stuff

[john harper]

Chris

I agree but there is still the problem with the pump and petrol feed being
close to the hot exhaust silencer and pipe.

I assume that this why the pipe was routed to the right-hand side of the
chassis on later 3000

Keep well

On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 at 12:41, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is your fuel pump in the engine bay, or at the back, under the guard, near
> the tank?
> Pressurized fuel (where the pump is back near the tank) can tolerate
> engine bay heat far better than non pressurized fuel.
> As long as the pump isn’t heated, (next to e.g. the exhaust) it’s good.
> And as long as the fuel is pressurized in the fuel line, it’s fine as
> well.
> The problem is when you put the fuel pump in the engine bay, and that
> means the fuel in the line before the pump isn’t pressurized, and the pump
> is trying to cope with engine bay temps..
> and guess what!!!!
> Bazinga!!
> 😀
>
> > On 12 Jan 2021, at 11:46 am, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
> wrote:
> >
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