[DML] Re: Noise from fuel pump
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[DML] Re: Noise from fuel pump



Doesn't that sound like the issue with heat coming from the radiator 
heating up the tank and a heat shield between then would fix it?

Thomas "Matt" Williams
VIN: 2953

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "nuclearwesselanimation" 
<mwessel97@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone! I am having a real problem with my fuel pump. it is a 
> DMCH new and "improved" unit that I installed about 6 months ago.  
> After about an hour of driving, the pump starts to make an aweful 
> groaning noise.  If I continue to drive, the groaning gets louder 
> and fuel flow seems to drop.  This will continue to the point that 
> the pump seems to stop turning and the engine quits like it is uot 
> of gas.  I have removed the pump from the car roadside immediately 
> after this happens and it is hot as hell.  I wrapped it in a cool 
> towel for 10 minutes or so and then started the car.  It was 
better, 
> but still loud.  I limped to a gas station and filled the tank with 
> 6 or 7 gallons of fresh, cool gas and the problem dissapeared.  I 
> have toweled out the tank to remove silt and I have tapped the 
> screen and even tested the pump with an unscreened tube right into 
> the gas, so I am pretty sure it is not clogging of the baffle 
> screen.  Do I have a defective pump?  I rarely travel far enough 
for 
> it to be a problem but I want my touring car to be able to tour.
> 
> Thanks all
> 
> Matt
> vin# 6716
> Denver, Colorado








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