[FC] Intermittant Electric Fuel Pump

[Kevin Clark kevin@kcvairbrush.com]

Thanks everyone for your input. I unplugged the positive wire from  
the pump to check the voltage reading and it looks good. I plugged  
the wire back in and now the pump runs every every time I turned the  
key. It must have been the reattaching of the wire that fixed it.  
I'll keep my fingers crossed.
By the way, CIS just came on and I think this is the episode with the  
Corvan in it. Better catch it while you can.
Kevin


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Kevin G. Clark
kevin at kcvairbrush.com
www.kcvairbrush.com




On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:35 PM, J R Read_HML wrote:

> Doesn't the radio only get power in the ON position and NOT in the  
> start
> position?  Could that be part of the problem?
>
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kevin at kcvairbrush.com>
> To: "[FC] group" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:44 PM
> Subject: [FC] Intermittant Electric Fuel Pump
>
>
>> My Corvan has an electric fuel pump. For several weeks now I would
>> stall after starting the truck. I found that the pump sometime does
>> not run after I turn the ignition to on. Lately I have to turn the
>> key on, off, on, back and fourth until I hear the fuel pump hum under
>> the floor board. When it hums it fires right up and will be fine as
>> long I keep the ignition on.
>> I checked the wiring connection and everything seems to be nice and
>> tight. It is hooked up to the radio fuse and the radio worked when
>> the pump didn't. I can't seem to find the problem.
>> Is it possible a dirty fuel filter can cause this symptoms? If the
>> radio works and always crank when turning the key, I doubt the
>> ignition switch is going bad. Is there a way to know if the electric
>> fuel pump is ready to quit for sure?
>> It has about 6000 miles on the fuel pump and I didn't think it's time
>> to replace the filter.
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>>
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>> Kevin G. Clark
>> kevin at kcvairbrush.com
>> www.kcvairbrush.com
>>
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