Fuel pump

kris_aka_edu · Post by **kris_aka_edu** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:33 pm

Half a tank of fuel. God knows about the fuel rail wouldn't know how that works.
My money's on the fuel pump personally. But trying to dizzy incase the spark is not enough to start it as a possibility?!
Come round Wurly

Would love to come to you but without a working car I can't lol.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:48 pm

kris_aka_edu · Post by **kris_aka_edu** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:56 pm

What?

I'm no mechanic. What's your thoughts?

Post by **si import** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:43 pm

i have a couple of fuel pumps laying about. they were all good when removed .

kris_aka_edu · Post by **kris_aka_edu** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:59 pm

Me and my mate have only gone and fixed it!! Nothing to do with the fuel pump, it was the little sparky things in the dizzy cap had gone brown. Scrapped it off with a screw driver and it fixed it!! Massive thanks to @bennyboy for advising me on it. Nothing to do with the igniter or anything else. So my massive starting problem cost me a 2 piece chicken meal for my best mate and I owe a favour to Bennyboy. Excellent.

kris_aka_edu · Post by **kris_aka_edu** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:00 pm

Oh and we put my mates dizzy on and jump started the car as the battery was flat. And we unscrewed the fuel blead valve that's why we knew the fuel pump was working.

So happy it's working can't think properly!

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:25 pm

*goes back into phonebox, removes cape, dons glasses once more*

Heh, seriously though no worries mate, I'm glad my hunch was right and it's sorted.

Sorry that I was on a time scale and couldn't stick around to try it.
Must say there's no way I could imagine it firing properly with the rotor that loose and the cap that cruddy! Nice cheap fix though, always the best ones

kris_aka_edu · Post by **kris_aka_edu** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:44 pm

Yeah mate it's cost me nothing so really impressed!! So nice to take it out for a spin, I tightened up the squeaky alternator belt while was at it. Took it out for a spin and was back to popping huge flames again!

Looks like a speed camera going off every time it happens massive orange flames curling up my wing mirrors

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:39 pm

Huge flames, you say? How? Are you de-catted/straight through? Have you tweaked your throttle cable so there is zero slack? Are you running a different ECU? I want huge flames to discourage tailgaters... I don't want a spark plug based 'flamer kit' though.

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:07 pm

TBH, huge, regular flames is just wastage - your chucking unburnt fuel out of the exhaust.
Mine used to give the occasional pop/flame, but now it's been mapped, its been pretty much dialled out in place of more power (I can still get a pop, but I have to 'make' it do it)
If it's happening that much, I'd look at all your ignition elements - dizzy cap points and rotor arm (youve now done), take out the sparks and clean and regap them carefully, or replace if you're at all concerned, check you have decent quality/condition HT leads. Also, check your timing, especially since you've been changing dizzys

It may not be as 'impressive' as flames, but the car will run much better and you'll thank me for it