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| steuspeed |
 Sep 22 2020, 09:43 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,006 Joined: 12-July 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 13,308 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
What am I missing? Turn the key and I can hear the fuel pump run then stop. Turn key to start and the engine cranks. Broke the lines in the engine bay. Crank the engine and no fuel comes out the hoses. Blocked line between pump and engine bay?
If I spray some start fluid in the air box the engine fires right up. This is my new project car. Just drove it home last week. |
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| falcor75 |
Sep 23 2020, 02:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 22-November 12 From: Sweden Member No.: 15,176 Region Association: Scandinavia 
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Dumb question but is there fuel in the tank? Shine a flashlight down the filler neck and look for crud around the in/outlets.
When you turn the key the pump primes for 2-3 seconds, I think its on a timed circuit and not pressure regulated. |
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| steuspeed |
Sep 24 2020, 10:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,006 Joined: 12-July 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 13,308 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(falcor75 @ Sep 23 2020, 01:49 AM)  Dumb question but is there fuel in the tank? Shine a flashlight down the filler neck and look for crud around the in/outlets. When you turn the key the pump primes for 2-3 seconds, I think its on a timed circuit and not pressure regulated. Ding ding ding... It was out of gas. It literaly only had fuel in the line and it the old filter. How I made it home is a miracle. It was stumbling the last few blocks. I thought it was vacuum lines since half of them were not connected or wrong. Once I put 1/2 gal of gas in it and got it running, I checked to see what the guage said. Yup, 1/4 tank. Then I tapped on the gauge and it went to zero. Warning light is not working either. Bulb checked out okay. Maybe a half gal won't trip the warning light? |
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| ndfrigi |
Sep 24 2020, 10:55 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,928 Joined: 21-August 11 From: Orange County Member No.: 13,474 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(steuspeed @ Sep 24 2020, 09:30 PM) QUOTE(falcor75 @ Sep 23 2020, 01:49 AM) Dumb question but is there fuel in the tank? Shine a flashlight down the filler neck and look for crud around the in/outlets. When you turn the key the pump primes for 2-3 seconds, I think its on a timed circuit and not pressure regulated. Ding ding ding... It was out of gas. It literaly only had fuel in the line and it the old filter. How I made it home is a miracle. It was stumbling the last few blocks. I thought it was vacuum linse since half of them were not connected or wrong. Once I put 1/2 gal of gas in it and got it running, I checked to see what the guage said. Yup, 1/4 tank. Then I tapped on the gauge and it went to zero. Warning light is not working either. Bulb checked out okay. Maybe a half gal won't trip the warning light? A few friends 914 had same issue and I told them to add gas and fixed the problem. We can’t just trust our gauges since it is around 45 yrs old already. |
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steuspeed Fuel pump issue Sep 22 2020, 09:43 PM
Frankvw No fuel at all ...mmm...after pump : maybe clogged... Sep 23 2020, 01:07 AM
steuspeed
No fuel at all ...mmm...after pump : maybe clogge... Sep 23 2020, 02:15 AM Frankvw "Does the pump run until it gets pressure?... Sep 23 2020, 02:54 AM ClayPerrine Is the fuel pump wired backwards? It won't ma... Sep 23 2020, 03:49 AM steuspeed Gauge showed about half tank when I drove it home.... Sep 23 2020, 10:22 AM lierofox
Gauge showed about half tank when I drove it home... Sep 23 2020, 12:55 PM falcor75 Glad it worked out, sometimes its indeed the simpl... Sep 26 2020, 04:05 AM |
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