[Tigers] electric fuel pumps FYI

[Ron Fraser]

Dave 

                Your welcome – we all need to know about alternative fuel pumps these days and especially pumps that can support more HP which is where many Tiger owners have gone.   I always like to have options available so I can decide on the best path to follow.  I have not investigated this product but it looks like a proven fuel pump from a Great Race participant

 

I have had good luck with Sta-Bil, fuel stabilizer and StarTron, Enzyme fuel treatment.

 

These days we all need to be vigilant checking fuel system components – fuel filters for contamination, fuel hoses for weakness – safety first.

 

Ron Fraser

 

 

From: Dave Munroe <dave at munroe.ca> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:00 PM
To: Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>; Tiger List <tigers at Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] electric fuel pumps FYI

 

Thanks Ron;

 

Great lead on an ethanol-proofQ fuel pump.

 

Ethanol attacks more than just the fuel pump diaphragm. Ask me how I know. 

I am lucky to live in an ethanol-free gas pump Province. ( Nova Scotia) However, our Province to the north,

(New Brunswick) is not.

 Returning home from a trip through N.B. in the early days of ignorance about evil ethanol, I filled up with some e-fuel, and put the car away with about 1/2 tank for the winter. Big Mistake.

 

In the spring, getting the car out resulted in  nasty surprise: it wouldn't start.

 

Investigation revealed the float bowl was laden with a thick "gummy" paste. Long story short, not only the carb had to be cleaned, but everything from the tanks, through the filters, fuel pump  and rubber fuel line connectors were fouled with this ugly stuff. The fuel tanks, pump diaphragm, full filters and rubber line connectors had to be cleaned and/or replaced. 

 

If you put your car away with a partially filled tank of ethanol laced fuel, any condensation that forms on the tank above the fuel level will combine with the ethanol and form this gummy paste on the bottom, and get sucked up through the fuel line into the carb. 

 

Disaster ensues.

 

Always put your car away with a full tank, and use fuel stabilizer to keep the fuel fresh. Up here in N.S. we also use "SeaFoam" additive. Look it up.

 

Ethanol is a PITA to vintage car owners wirh cars fitted with carbs. 

 

Dave

B382000450

 

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Sent: October 30, 2019 12:14 PM

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Reply to: rfraser at bluefrog.com <mailto:rfraser at bluefrog.com> 

Subject: [Tigers] electric fuel pumps FYI

 

                There is an interesting article in the November 2019 Auto Restorer about electric fuel pumps.

 

Diaphragm fuel pumps will degrade with the alcohol fuel blends, the alcohol attacks the rubber diaphragm and other gasket parts.

I know because I had a diaphragm fuel pump just barely get me home one evening.   The rubber diaphragm was a total mess when I took that pump apart.                I really don’t know how it worked long enough to get me home but so glad it did.   

 

The article in Auto Restorer is about a gear pump that is compatible with modern fuel bends.  The author Randy Rundle enters the Great Race.

 

The 12 v pump has a peak of 4 psi and can deliver 30 gallons per hour – cost $95 with a fuel filter.

30 gallons per hour is 2X the volume of the stock SU pump and can thus support more than 200 HP engines probably up to 400 HP.

 

No endorsement here - just FYI information with contact info from the article.

 

Fifth Avenue Antique Auto Parts

415 Court

Clay Center, KS 67432

 

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Ron Fraser

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