Re: Fuel Pump

Posted by John Payne On 2012/5/13 4:40:32

Thanks guys, it seems I'm not the only one who has wondered about this issue and maybe the explanation I tendered in my last post is too simplistic. Riki, I'll give your idea of bleeding the system a try as it won't be too hard to do. Also, I have fitted two inline filters on the system, one before the electric pump at the rear of the car and one after the mechanical pump before the carby, so the ceramic filter is not really needed for filtration purposes. I have only left it in place because I like the original look of the glass bowl on the carby and it's part of it. So the question is, should I dump it like Riki did?

As I write this darkness has fallen and it's been raining quite heavily on and off all day, which is a round about way of saying that I'm relying on memory and don't feel like going out to the shed tonight to check my facts. Will tomorrow though. Anyway, memory tells me that the glass bowl is tensioned up on the ceramic filter. This being the case, if the filter is left out it presumably must be replaced with something else - some sort of spacer (?). Riki, is this how you did it and if so, did you use anything special? I'll report back after tomorrow's bleeding session and if anything of interest is obvious, I'll try to get a pic of it and post it as well. Cheers for now, John