Re: [DML] Re: HOT START HELL -- Nothing Works!

[id <ionicdesign@xxxx>]

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. >>
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