The safest way for you to test the pump is to install it in the car.Don't play around with a bucket of gasoline and certainly don't put water through it.If the car runs with the pump then the chances are that it will make a good temporary spare. Too many car hobby people have burned cars and hurt themselves with gas. The modern gas that is used today is very toxic. You should not get it on your skin or breath the vapors.There are some very dangerous addidtives and prolonged exposure can make you very ill. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Reeve <ultra@xxxx> wrote: > I just received a list member's old fuel pump to use as an emergency > spare. I want to test it out without actually installing it into the > car, but I'm not sure exactly how to do it. I know it gets it's > lubrication from the gas, which is why they can so easily fail with a > blocked pickup line. But I was wondering if I could just test it using > a bucket of water? Or would water be too thin and may damage it? > Otherwise, I guess I could get a hose into a container of gas. Thanks > for the help! > -- > Jim Reeve <Ultra> > '81 DeLorean-#6960 > http://www.dmcultra.com > AIM-Ultra2169