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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 5:58 pm 
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 6:18 pm 
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it does a little but got one spacer on ebay watch

so does that mean no spacer is flat arm pump and with spacer curved arm pump

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:05 pm 
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the reason for me saying fuel pump is wrong,is that the fuel filter is never more then half way full,even quarter full,when running on tick over,you can see fuel going in but drips,even after tank cleaned out,fuel pipe blown thro,checked all pipe connections and replaced few jubilee clips
this is way i suspect fuel pump,,,or is there something else ive not thought of?

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:07 pm 
I've been down that route with my 1850, the fuel filter seemed almost empty. Never gets to half full. On my car it's fine.
It wasn't the fuel in my case, it was the electronic ignition failing.


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:12 pm 
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ok,il have to re-check the dizzy ign first,still on points system,hope its good weather 2moro :lol:

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:33 pm 
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On my black Toledo you can hardly ever see fuel in the filter at all - but it drives fine! Did you rod out the pipe which is actually inside the tank? If it turns out you do need one, i'm pretty sure I have a pump spacer.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:43 pm 
Try a known good coil.


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:21 pm 
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i did poke thou,well,old electrode,de-crapt it first,all clear and no crap at all,,,,,not tried coil,fingers crossed its not that,but will check

carledo you got pm`d

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:38 pm 
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Just another thought.
Is your carb venting properly?

If the overflow hole on the float chamber was blocked I wonder if its possible to get some sort of back pressure
to the pump?

Another thing to try is to see how much pressure it does generate. It should go to about 2 psi against the shut float valve, meaning you will get a detectable pressurising of the fuel line to the carb if all is well.

If you work the pump by hand you should also get a pretty big squirt of fuel. You should fill a float chamber in half a dozen strokes or so.

If that isnt the case look for a down stream pin hole in one of the rubber joiners, which means your pump is partially sucking air.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:59 pm 
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jonners,il give that a go 2moro,might even go back to basic and start fresh(base settings)and go from there,something will click and fall in place

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:19 pm 
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jonners is bang on :bluewave: ,,1 fuel pipe rubber was not sitting right causing an air leak under pressure,new piece of fuel pipe fitted,now run upto 5000rpm plus with no problems and runs without hesitation and thats running on flat arm fuel pump

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:03 pm 
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Just for posterity, how full is the filter when cranking and running?


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:23 pm 
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now it full with little bubble :bluewave: but it is a small filter

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:25 pm 
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the car has been really good recently :lol: noticed the heat coming from the interior heater was poor poor poor,so took off the water pump,housing,thermostat housing and block water pipes
water pump is ok and working quick,clean with hand wire brush
housing needed a deep clean and de-crud,rustly bits chipping off from the old water/anti freeze build up,clean up with drill wire brush,spotless now,all water way have been clean with old drill bit used as poker :shock:
block pipe was total blocked no water coming thru at all,so again deep clean,good poke with stick :lol: well old electrode,all clear,quick clean with hand wire brush
interior matrix connect to hose pipe and turn on to clean in reverse cycle,ran clear after rusty crap came out,not leaking either
made up the three gasket up from thick gasket paper+wellseal,left to dry tacky,re-assemble everything and add just water and burp-burp-burp the car
now running up to temp and it go`s right over to hot hot hot,,,so i need new temp sender unit,think it was cleaned to far and gone into shock and broke down under stress of working again :woohoo:

well thats it so far

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:46 pm 
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good news,,new temp sender fitted and working perfectly,,runs upto 1/4 way and stays,in traffic goes half way :D

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