Re: [DML] Re: Noisy fuel pump (still!) (and again!)

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

Somthing else occurred to me as I sat in traffic today watching my temp guage climb and
listening to my almost new pump start to make a racket. I was down to about 1/3 of a tank
and have recently added the bottom baffle plate (missing on early cars), and properly
routed the fuel drain back to the baffle. The fuel pump is drawing the same fuel over and
over from the very small reservoir that is the baffle. I would not be at all surprised if
the fuel in the baffle is considerably hotter than in the surrounding tank when you are
in traffic as a) you're not using much of the fuel being pumped round and b) the fuel
will not be agitated much.

I have noticed a marked increase in the noise of my pump since adding the drain hose
rather than just letting it drop back into the tank as I had it before.

Martin
#1458

wingd2@xxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 3/28/02 6:48:12 PM Central Standard Time,
> msubstel@xxxx writes:
>
> > Last summer members of the DeLorean Club of Ohio drove to London, Ontario.
> > We spent a very long time waiting in line at the Canadian border with our
> > engines and air conditioners running. None of us overheated or broke down,
> > but by the time we got into Canada *all* of our fuel pumps were screaming.
> >
> >