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jay s
30-12-2010, 18:17
ok so today i decided to pull the pump from the car as i'm planning on changing it due to the car always running lean for some reason. i haven't ever pulled out the pump or looked in the tank in 5 years so today was the first time i had a look and i wasn't impressed with what i saw :evil: :cry:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a117/jay16v-/DSC01120.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a117/jay16v-/DSC01123.jpg

wtf is all that shit, i always thought a fuel tank would be very clean or at least shoud be..... how do i go about getting all that crap out ?

the pump, its an uprated walbro of some sort that nick hill fitted 5 years back but probably full of all that shit now :roll: i tried to pull off the filter on the bottom of the pump but for some reason it didn't want to budge , any idea how id get it off without breaking the thing?

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a117/jay16v-/DSC01124.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a117/jay16v-/DSC01130.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a117/jay16v-/DSC01129.jpg

also while putting it back together i accedently pulled off the top hose on the pump and that plastic thing in the pic came out :? what is it as it looks restrictive? i put it back in for now.....

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a117/jay16v-/DSC01132.jpg

katbloke
30-12-2010, 20:35
Tanks fill crap as they age and corrode, the stuff from the pumps is never totally clear hence the need for filtration

ratboyvalver
30-12-2010, 22:09
but are they not plastic irrc?

northy
01-01-2011, 23:32
u look to have metal in there jay - brass ??? Looks like the fuel pump could have been dropping that in.


With my pump, the filter just pulled off. Give it a good old twist.

The plastic tray the pump sits in - is a anti fuel serge pick up (eg lt limits fuel draining away from the pump)

jay s
02-01-2011, 00:33
any idea what that plastic thing is in the last pic? did your pump have one in? it came out that outlet its resting on :?

northy
02-01-2011, 21:34
no idea jay, looks like some sort of valve - is it spring loaded?

Have u got the new pump in?