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The pump was obviously working though.
 
IllianaXJ said:
That's about what my fuel gauge looks like all the time. I can only afford $20 or so at a time, so my tank almost never makes it over 1/2.
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If you filled it all the way up one time, then you could put $20 in at a time and it would never get below 1/2 ;)
 
Now that is just crazy talk.
 
RedHeep said:
If you filled it all the way up one time, then you could put $20 in at a time and it would never get below 1/2 ;)
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Yeah, but that initial $50 hurts! I'll have to for my trip to New Albany this weekend though. Hooray for crappy mileage!
 
Hey all, I'm looking for an alum fairlead.
Yea, I know, check the classifieds. I did.
Since this is the kind of item that often just gets put on a shelf rather than sold I figured I'd ask if anyone had one they could sell.
 
Roxtar said:
Hey all, I'm looking for an alum fairlead.
Yea, I know, check the classifieds. I did.
Since this is the kind of item that often just gets put on a shelf rather than sold I figured I'd ask if anyone had one they could sell.
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Hawse? I have one for ya. Ship or WF pickup?
 
funny, I say that everyday I go.
 
bshaw said:
what Travis said basically........ really not sure how else to splain it :D
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meh, I call BS on the whole it will burn up your pump because it's not getting cooled.
The fuel is still passing through the pump, so the internals are still getting cooled. I think that the much more likely scenario with the tank that low is that it will simply starve the pump, and when it sucks are the motor is going to overspeed and then eat itself up, but not because it over heated.
 
The low fuel isn't much of an issue in the winter, but in warm temps we've seen fuel temps over 180 deg with a low fuel level. It gets warmed by engine heat as it goes through the fuel rail then returned to the tank. The three best driveablility techs i've worked with all agree it is the second leading cause of early failure, after plugged filters.

Neal
 
sgtmack said:
The low fuel isn't much of an issue in the winter, but in warm temps we've seen fuel temps over 180 deg with a low fuel level. It gets warmed by engine heat as it goes through the fuel rail then returned to the tank. The three best driveablility techs i've worked with all agree it is the second leading cause of early failure, after plugged filters.

Neal
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I never thought of the return fuel being hot from the motor.
What about the ones that don't have a return line?

anyway, it's my birthday, so today's my day to be an asshat.
 
Winterfest Pre-Registration is up!

Thanks Randy!


Hale
 
87manche said:
I think that the much more likely scenario with the tank that low is that it will simply starve the pump, and when it sucks are the motor is going to overspeed and then eat itself up, but not because it over heated.
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lasted i checked the fuel pump does not stop pumping because of low fuel or no fuel..... motor continues to run with nothing going through it..... think of it like a boat motor i guess, with no water. common sense would tell me it's going to fry.... either way I'm not going to be convinced otherwise nor are you. done.
now go have a good b-day! asshat! :D
 
bshaw said:
lasted i checked the fuel pump does not stop pumping because of low fuel or no fuel..... motor continues to run with nothing going through it..... think of it like a boat motor i guess, with no water. common sense would tell me it's going to fry.... either way I'm not going to be convinced otherwise nor are you. done.
now go have a good b-day! asshat! :D
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yeah, you just agreed with me. The pump won't stop, but when it runs out of fluid it's still going to keep on going, so the motor will overspeed.
My contention was that as long as the motor is running the pump has fuel going through it and would be cooled, but then Neil proved me wrong with the return fuel line theory.

fawker
 
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