Frank... you might have a leak at the pump or a fitting allowing air into
the system and fuel to return to the tank... this would cause the pump to
suck air which is easier to move then Fuel.... once it's primed it will move
Fuel just fine....
I won't mention Kathy's objection to the topic.... Smile bud...
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From "Frank Clarici" <spritenut at Exit109.com>
To: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 9:31 PM
Subject: Fuel pump question
> Here's another weird Spridget problem.
> The fuel pump on my Bugeye (SU Electric) clicks away just fine. But it
> clicks away with the "out of gas" sound. So I put gas in the tank even
> though it reads 1/4.
> But at 41 years old, the gauge *may* be out of whack. Gas in the tank
> and still the "no fuel click" of the fuel pump. So I blow long and hard
> into the filler and the pump starts to work properly.
> This has happened 3 times in as many weeks.
> So the pump is loosing it's prime. I never had this problem even after a
> car sits for 25 years let alone a week or so. And I have 2 other LBCs
> hanging around not used daily this time of year and sitting for 2 or 3
> weeks at a time, no lose of prime in their pumps. (all SUs)
>
> Any ideas? Not that blowing into the gas tank is a big deal, but my wife
> and daughter just refuse to do it. I don't mind at all, it's just one
> more quirk of LBC ownership I could get used to.
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> The bug in the rice bowl
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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