i have heard that the gas its self is not flammable it is the gas fumes that are flammable that's why you haven't heard about the pumps blowing up i suppose. mark dherv10@xxxx wrote: > Noah, Your absolutely right, But, If the car is running then there has to be > fuel pressure. > Other causes of fuel covering the FP is it's leaking back into the boot if > the clamp isn't tight around the return line and you have an over full or > full tank of gas. Slight leak at the dome nut is also correct. > Just as an FYI, The fuel pump electric motor is turning in gas inside the > pump. You would think it would blow up, but I have never heard of one doing > it. > The adjustment I recommend is to compensate for wear over the years. Slight > tweak a lot of the times will stop the hunting and again will compensate for > CPR pressure and wear. You can still have fuel pressure around the system. > But, when you trying to start the car and the control plunger doesn't rise. > No start. Vacuum is also a culprit. > John hervey > http://www.specialtauto.com/fuelsystems.shtml > > << > All the fuel in the system was draining back into the fuel pump boot > (not to mention the fact that fuel was spraying everywhere while the car > was running). No pressure == no hotstart. Retorqued the dome nut and > things *seem* to be okay; juries still out, but it's definite *better* at > the very least. > > Sometimes is really *is* the simple things. >> > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/