You may have an electrical problem as a high resistance could cause an over heating - the ground for the pump or the relay may have some burned contacts. You may need to get the volt/ohm/amp meter out. Harold McElraft - 3354 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "nuclearwesselanimation" <mwessel97@xxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone! I am having a real problem with my fuel pump. it is a > DMCH new and "improved" unit that I installed about 6 months ago. > After about an hour of driving, the pump starts to make an aweful > groaning noise. If I continue to drive, the groaning gets louder > and fuel flow seems to drop. This will continue to the point that > the pump seems to stop turning and the engine quits like it is uot > of gas. I have removed the pump from the car roadside immediately > after this happens and it is hot as hell. I wrapped it in a cool > towel for 10 minutes or so and then started the car. It was better, > but still loud. I limped to a gas station and filled the tank with > 6 or 7 gallons of fresh, cool gas and the problem dissapeared. I > have toweled out the tank to remove silt and I have tapped the > screen and even tested the pump with an unscreened tube right into > the gas, so I am pretty sure it is not clogging of the baffle > screen. Do I have a defective pump? I rarely travel far enough for > it to be a problem but I want my touring car to be able to tour. > > Thanks all > > Matt > vin# 6716 > Denver, Colorado To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/