<VV> electric pumps

[Mike Kost]

The Corvairs with a return line split it off from the T after the fuel 
pump. The pump was the same.

Mike Kost
`68 Monza 140 with return line

Padgett wrote:

>
>> OK.  I'll bite.  What problems would an electric fuel pump cause?
>
>
> Depends on the pump but if it does not limit pressure to 3-5 psi, it 
> can force fuel past the needle and seat and flood the engine. The best 
> answer is to run a return line back to the tank and recirculate excess 
> fuel, that way lock never occurs but is also the most complicated. 
> There were some later mechanical pumps that provided for a return line 
> but apparently all Corvairs used the same mechanical pump with no return.
>
> Padgett



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