[Mg-t] SU fuel pump

[TATERRY at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/28/2008 11:20:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
ddubois at sinclair.net writes:


> Terry - "...was to connect it to the tail light wire so I would not have 
> to run an extra wire. You can then control it by switching on your tail 
> lights...."
> What about when you are driving at night (or do you avoid that?), if 
> your pumps are plumbed in series, having both pumps run at the same time 
> will cause an increased pressure, which could over power the float bowl 
> needle valves and cause flooding.  The other potential problem there is 
> if the primary pumps fails in a current on condition and power is left 
> on, it will overheat the pump and ultimately burn out the coil if left 
> on for a long enough period.
> 

All I can say Dave is that overpressure has never been a problem and I do 
drive at night.  The back up pump is one of those square ones and ever since I 
installed it years ago, the SU doesn't dare fail and hasn't!!
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