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Re: Fuel Pump



> Dig wrote:
> > I was replacing the FP on the UnderAchieva ('92, Quad-4) to try to fix
> > a loss of power problem it's having (didn't fix it, but that's another
> > thing). Anyway, the pump had its own self-contained sump arrangement;
> > there was a plastic "can" around the pump with one-way valves to allow
> > the fuel into the can, but not back out.
> >
> > It even had two sock filters, one going into the can, and another on the
> > pump itself. (which was a standard in-tank pump, once you got inside) The
> > can was spring-loaded, and on slides, such that the can was always firmly
> > on the bottom of the plastic baffle assembly in the tank.
> >
> > Olds apparently didn't want any fuel starvation problems, and the system
> > looked like it probably worked pretty well. If the fuel sloshed one way
> > or another, there was always enough in the can to keep good pressure. The
> > only downside, it looked to me, would be that the pump would be restricted
> > somewhat in going through the one-way valves.

Did your setup look anything like these?  (just wondering)

http://web.walbro.com/datasheets/modlev2/fuelmodII.htm
http://web.walbro.com/datasheets/modlevsens/fuelmodII.htm

thanks,

T.
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Terry Hartman                       '87 GTA      '99 Topless T/A
thartman@fastlane.net               12.96 @ 108  WS.6 #567 13.6 @ 102
http://www.fastlane.net/~thartman/  CFCC-DFW #4
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