<VV> Gas in Oil ..... Revisited

[J R Read_HML]

I was at Claypool's one time for some (various) odds and ends...  Anyway, 
the engine compartment is open (and has been for a while).  Neither me (the 
student) nor Larry (the guru) noticed anything about the pump.  It just so 
happened that MB (Mary Beth) came out to tell Larry something just about the 
same time we started the car. I think it might have been that dinner was 
ready.

MB (the mechanics wife) noticed that the fuel pump was leaking.  OK, no 
problem.  Ha Ha...  I tightened the screws for the cover - still leaking. 
Larry goes upstairs (stock room) for a pump and installs it.  Takes like 10 
minutes when you know what you are doing.  Guess what - the BRAND NEW - off 
the shelf GM pump leaks - even worse than the one we (he) just took off. 
Now guess what...   that was the last one in stock.

So, 45 minutes later, Larry comes back with 2 or 3 new pumps.  He did not 
tell me his source and even if I knew, I would not blab it all over VV.  So, 
another 10 minute swap out - this one might have only been 8 minutes, 
because now he was PO'd and dinner was getting cold.  Anyway, thankfully, 
the 2nd new pump was OK.

What did I learn.  1 - how to change a pump in a hurry.  2 - even a "brand 
new" one can leak!

BTW - this was probably a dozen years or more ago.  There was a time (now 
past) when bad pumps were being produced.  Still, if you bought one at a 
swap meet or the like - maybe it has been sitting on the shelf for longer 
than you think, be sure to check it after install to be sure you do not have 
a leaker.

The new ones (today's) are JF!  Right, Lon?

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David V. Clamp" <66corsa@cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Cc: <Corvair72387@cinci.rr.com>; <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Gas in Oil ..... Revisited


> Snip--------------------------------
> BTW - Just because the pump is new does not mean that it is not leaking.
> Check it!
> Unsnip------------------------------
>
> Nick, like JR says, a new pump can leak. Also, if you install it
> incorrectly, as in pushed too far down into the engine, it can start to 
> leak
> within a few miles because the diaphragm gets stretched too far.
>
> David V Clamp
> Member: Corsa
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