Re: [MV] HELP - Self Priming ??? M38A1 DualAction Fuel Pump

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Sep 02 2004 - 11:23:58 PDT


At 2:18 PM -0400 9/2/04, Thomas M McHugh wrote:
>A reply from Doug Stober, asked a few questions & here are the answers.
>
>It ran fine up until last week.
>
>The line from the fuel pump has been blown out & it was clear. The fuel
>pump was rebuilt with all new parts & diaphragms.
>The flex line from the gas inlet line to the fuel pump was replaced with a
>new line. The gas tank is only 4 years old. When I took out the fuel
>filter & cut the filter element off the line, I used a new gasket. At that
>time I also siphoned out any sediment in the fuel tank, although it had very
>little.

See if you can hook a vacuum gauge up and measure if the fuel line
seals or not. Do it at the carb down to the tank. It sounds to me
like you've got a pinched seal or perhaps a loose banjo bolt
somewhere.

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