LT1 LOW FUEL PRESSURE

[David A. Cooley]

At 07:59 PM 10/19/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Couple of things to watch for:  Using the plastic clamps and rubber
>sender/pump connecting hose for the tbi system with the tpi pump can
>cause problems.  The low pressure rated hose will leak.  Using regular
>off the shelf carb pressure rated fuel line for a connector can do the
>same thing.  Using metal clamps and overtightening them can cause
>troubles.  Also, the isolator used on some systems is an oval shaped
>piece of plastic that slips over the sender and pump.  It can leak
>arounf the pump/isolator or isolator/sender union.  I found enough of
>these that every car equipped with one gets a new part if the pump's
>replaced.


With the problems the GN's had with the isolator, Every pump I replaced I 
threw the isolator away and replaced it with a short piece of FI hose and 2 
metal clamps!

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