[DML] Re: I don't think it's a dead fuel pump

["Wilson Hitchings" <canon20dfan@xxxxxxxxx>]

NO FLAMES please, I'm a newbie. I'm not a car mechanic, either, so I 
have a simple, perhaps dumb, question. If the original poster was 
getting excessive pressure differentials in his gas tank that causes 
inflows/bursts of air and gasoline when he opens the tank, why couldn't 
he just drill a 1/32" hole in the gas cap to relieve the pressure (or 
get a new gas cap)? I know he might lose some fuel due to evaporation, 
but hot gasoline blowing over the hood seems like a greater risk to 
me...

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "eremhcel" <dmcfive0@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Andy, Mike, David and John. After posting my message I 
searched 
> the internet and found on the Project Vixen site how to test the fuel 
> pump. I tested it and it started humming so I cleaned the connectors 
on 
> the top of the pump and installed it in the car. The pump hums when I 
> turn the key and also goes on when I jump the relay but the car just 
> cranks and won't turn over. Does it sound like an electrical issue? I 
> just did a full service in May when the car hit 60,000 miles. Any 
> thoughts? David, the wire you mentioned at the washer, would that 
still 
> cause problems even though the pump is working? Thanks for all your 
> help.
> Mike
> 5623
>




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