[Mgs] SU Fuel Pump Question

[Max Heim]

Why would fuel contamination cause the pump not to function?

>From your description, it is not clear if the pump is installed on the car
or not; and if so, if the fuel line is connected to the carburetor.

An SU is an electric fuel pump.



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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires




on 4/9/10 9:28 AM, daybell7 at aol.com at daybell7 at aol.com wrote:

> MG'ers,
> 
> I have a SU fuel pump that will click repeatedly if I apply power in a rapid
> fashion, but will not click at all if I hold a jump wire to the ground
> terminal.  I cleaned the points after the car sat, so I suspect fuel
> contamination.
> 
> I am tempted to install an electric fuel pump.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Steve Hughes
> Gainesville, FL