Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site tellab2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!tellab1!tellab2!thoth From: thoth@tellab2.UUCP (Marcus Hall) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Fuel Pump?? Message-ID: <130@tellab2.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 10:09:11 EDT Article-I.D.: tellab2.130 Posted: Wed Jun 13 10:09:11 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jun-84 00:30:43 EDT Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, Ill. Lines: 19 I have a Fiat X1/9 that is exhibiting a weird problem. Every now and then the engine will die. When this happens, there is no fuel in the fuel filter in line from the pump to the carb. After sitting for a while (sometimes a few minutes, other times several hours), it runs fine. Once when it had failed, I disconnected the fuel line and cranked the engine and the pump didn't output any fuel. I sucked on the output from the pump and was able to easily get some gas out, so the lines are not clogged. Blowing back into the line I could not force the fuel backwards, so the valves in the pump were ok and it didn't have a leak. Although I am not absolutely sure, it seems to happen only when the engine is rather hot (long trips on hot days), so perhaps it runs after it has cooled down? Do these symptoms make sense to anyone out there? I have not run pressure and capacity tests on the pump, but I intend to as soon as I get a chance. marcus ..!ihnp4!tellab1!tellab2!thoth