Fuel Pressure only holds for 10 seconds, WTF? This car worked a couple weeks ago! Options

[beemie96]

I've been working on getting this car road-worthy for a while now - and I was so close!

I had it running but it would overheat, so I dropped the engine and cleaned it off and put it all back together and got it running, but the clutch got stuck... so I rolled it in 5 gear with the clutch engaged and freed it up.

I idled the car for 20 minutes with some ATF to clean out some gunk. All good...

Then - I put the gas tank back in the car and must have crimped the fuel line. I think I burned the pump out because it won't run at all!

So i went and got an aftermarket late model pump (1972 914) - and it worked fine ... I idled the car for 30 minutes again, then went to drive it and ... no dice! The engine would die when I released the clutch in gear.

Now, I can't even get it to idle. the pressure will start in the mid-20s and the car will start , but only run for about 10 seconds. Then it won't start for a while again...

did I burn this pump out somehow too? Maybe ran it without gas in the car?

If it couldn't push the car, I probably had a crappy pump anyway, right?

Since that's the only thing that has changed since it ran...

I'm just hoping maybe I can refurbish one of the two pumps instead of buying another one. Unless someone can sell me one cheap...

Thanks all!