Re: Testing Used Fuel Pump

["jtrealty@xxxx " <jtrealty@xxxx>]

The safest way for you to test the pump is to install it in the 
car.Don't play around with a bucket of gasoline and certainly don't 
put water through it.If the car runs with the pump then the chances 
are that it will make a good temporary spare. Too many car hobby 
people have burned cars and hurt themselves with gas. The modern gas 
that is used today is very toxic. You should not get it on your skin 
or breath the vapors.There are some very dangerous addidtives and 
prolonged exposure can make you very ill.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Reeve <ultra@xxxx> wrote:
> I just received a list member's old fuel pump to use as an emergency
> spare. I want to test it out without actually installing it into 
the
> car, but I'm not sure exactly how to do it. I know it gets it's
> lubrication from the gas, which is why they can so easily fail with 
a
> blocked pickup line. But I was wondering if I could just test it 
using
> a bucket of water? Or would water be too thin and may damage it? 
> Otherwise, I guess I could get a hose into a container of gas. 
Thanks
> for the help!
> -- 
> Jim Reeve <Ultra>
> '81 DeLorean-#6960
> http://www.dmcultra.com
> AIM-Ultra2169