LT1 LOW FUEL PRESSURE

[Squash]

I don't think a restriction would have caused a good
piece of FI hose to rupture.  Fuel hose does get soft
after time, so I wouldn't worry about it.  

Squash

--- Luke Joseph <LJoseph at RFMD.com> wrote:
> I pulled the sending unit out last night and sure
> enough the hose connecting
> the pump to the fuel line had split.  It was a real
> soft spongy type of
> hose.  My guess is that they purposely made these
> hoses to blow out first in
> case of high pressure.  That way you have the fuel
> spill contained in the
> tank.  Anyway, I replaced it with some F.I. hose and
> some hose clamps.  The
> question now is, if there is a restriction in the
> supply/return large enough
> to cause this or is it just a piece of crap hose to
> start with.  I think I
> will do the flow test first in to a gas can on the
> supply side and maybe do
> some thing similar on the return to check for any
> large restrictions.  By
> the way the return is 5/16 all the way back until it
> gets to the gas tank,
> there it switches over to the 1/4 line, which is the
> return on the sending
> unit.  Looks like many of you hit the nail right on
> the head THANKS FOR THE
> HELP!			
> 					Luke
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Shannen Durphey [SMTP:shannen at grolen.com]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, October 19, 1999 8:22 PM
> > To:	gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> > Subject:	Re: LT1 LOW FUEL PRESSURE
> > 
> > David A. Cooley wrote:
> > > 
> > 
> > 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!
> > > 
> > That's the best move.  Some people really notice
> the noise the pump
> > can make.  Amazing how someone who can't hear will
> complain about the
> > tiniest of squeaks and rattles.  Just drives a man
> nuts.
> > Shannen
> > 
> > >
>
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> > >             David Cooley N5XMT          
> Internet: N5XMT at bellsouth.net
> > >       Packet: N5XMT at KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA  
> T.A.P.R. Member #7068
> > >     Sponges grow in the ocean... Wonder how deep
> it would be if they
> > didn't?!
> > >
>
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