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1. [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Allan Ballard <allanballard@att.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:15:19 -0400; Under what circumstances would a stock fuel pump - pump gallons of gas into the motor? My new motor spun a cam bearing; the rebuilder said the fuel pump pumped the gas tank dry, into the motor. I wil; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00142.html (7,361 bytes)
2. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Paul Memont <prmnes@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:49:58 -0400; The valve in the carb I would guess. Sent from my iPhone the at possibly http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/prmnes@verizon.net _______________________________________________ Tigers@autox.t; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00144.html (8,131 bytes)
3. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: genepadgett@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:54:43 +0000 (UTC); Allan, my guess is that its at least partly aB carb float shutoff problem. As I understand it the SU pumps supply fuel "on demand". So if the bowls fill and the shutoff valves do not shut off the flo; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00145.html (9,250 bytes)
4. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: "Thomas Witt" <atwittsend@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:38:26 -0700; Once you get beyond a few gallons it would seem the gas would flow out of an opening (like a valve cover breather). Also you would likely smell it - even the vapors could have made the engine rich en; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00147.html (7,839 bytes)
5. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:48:14 -0400; The stock fuel pump is an on demand type electrical fuel pump. When the pressure in the line reaches a certain point the pump shuts off. The floats in the carb determine if there is a demand for fue; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00148.html (9,806 bytes)
6. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: "awtiger" <awtiger@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:55:15 -0500; Something doesn't sound right here, Allan. Under normal circumstances, that couldn't happen, and by "normal circumstances," I mean someone paying attention to what they are doing. I admittedly don't; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00149.html (10,562 bytes)
7. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Allan Ballard <allanballard@att.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:04:41 -0400; Thanks folks. I should find out more, this morning. At least I feel better prepared to deal with this. Once before at that shop a mechanic left the ignition switch on and the battery was almost dead; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00151.html (11,658 bytes)
8. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:39:56 -0400; Delivery rate of the stock fuel pump is 15 gallons per hour so in theory the pump can empty the fuel tanks in less than an hour. Ron Fraser Thanks folks. I should find out more, this morning. At lea; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00152.html (8,740 bytes)
9. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: "Rense, Mark (GE, Appl & Light)" <mark.rense@ge.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:07:17 -0400; You mentioned "gallons" of gas would have been pumped into the engine. You did not mention whether the car sat for hours, days or weeks before the tanks were found dry, so let's look at the facts we; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00153.html (11,461 bytes)
10. [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Carmods@aol.com; Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:43:59 -0400 (EDT); Allen, Here are two possibilities for your fuel leak problem. A few years ago I opened my garage and found the floor covered and the Tiger engine wet and filled with gasoline. The ignition was off an; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00154.html (8,756 bytes)
11. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: "Thomas Witt" <atwittsend@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:54:40 -0700; There are just too many red flags to pin the cam bearing damage on a crank case full of gasoline diluted oil. Is it a small possibility (?) - yes, but very, very small. As it has been pointed out th; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00157.html (8,910 bytes)
12. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Gabbard Gabbard <gabbardalex@att.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:31:43 -0700 (PDT); Hello all, A crankcase full of gasoline seems odd. How does a carb of any type overflowing for any reason not produce hydrostatic lock in a cylinder with the quantity of fuel described? What path to; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00159.html (10,051 bytes)
13. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: "Thomas Witt" <atwittsend@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:07:37 -0700; I'm still curious to know if the builder knew the engine was going in a Tiger... and that the Tiger uses an electrical fuel pump. In my first post I eluded to this. I mean if the builder thinks gas l; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00160.html (9,908 bytes)
14. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: Jeff Howarth <jeff@v8tiger.demon.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:11:48 +0100; Hi Allan, I think everyone but your engine builder is of the same opinion. I guess the proof of the pudding is to get him to state what he is putting the cause down to and then put a gallon of fuel i; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00163.html (11,437 bytes)
15. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: allanballard@att.net; Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:00:38 -0400; Thanks for all comments, they are very helpful. Yes, they knew it was a tiger rebuild; they know the car already from a few repairs done there. I assume they knew it has an electric pump after puttin; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00172.html (10,722 bytes)
16. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: "Curt Hoffman" <choffman9@cinci.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:33:00 -0400; Just as an aside, this all could be a red herring. I had my engine built and we failed two cams right on the startup. Actually one starting up on the dyno for a break in and the next rebuild after ab; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00173.html (8,865 bytes)
17. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: CoolVT@aol.com; Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:56:02 -0400 (EDT); Just as an aside, this all could be a red herring. I had my engine built and we failed two cams right on the startup. Actually one starting up on the dyno for a break in and the next rebuild after ab; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00174.html (9,465 bytes)
18. Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question (score: 1): Author: "Greg Christensen" <bikengreg@hughes.net>; Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:24:01 -0500; Amsoil sells a 10W40 that has the correct amounts of zink that were present in oil from back in the day, when flat tappets rulled! I did some extensive research on the subject comparing brands (alon; /html/tigers/2011-04/msg00178.html (10,989 bytes)
19. [Tigers] Fuel Pump Question (score: 1): Author: Jay Laifman <jay.laifman@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 12:41:57 -0700; I rebuilt the stock pump and it was working fine. It failed. I grabbed a new Carter vane type pump I happened to have from another car and threw it in. It worked for a short while then failed. Then I; /html/tigers/2014-05/msg00008.html (9,033 bytes)
20. Re: [Tigers] Fuel Pump Question (score: 1): Author: Tom Parker <tkparker1941@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 23:58:05 -0400; Jay, I'm certainly not an expert... I had a Holley fuel pump on the Kitty with a fuel filter before the pump; the pump stopped working, so I removed the filter and it worked fine (but it was loud, so; /html/tigers/2014-05/msg00009.html (10,748 bytes)

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