Re:Fuel Cell Question.

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

The biggest single advantage to mounting the fuel pump in the tank is 
that it keeps the noise down. Other advantages include running cooler 
and much easier to prime from an empty tank. On many fuel injected 
set-ups even when the pump is mounted externaly there is what is 
called a transfer pump in the tank, which is a low pressure pump, to 
move the fuel out to the high pressure pump. Now you hve 2 pumps to go 
bad! I think the Delorean system is simpler. If kept clean and if 
deteriorated parts are replaced when required it is a VERY reliable 
system. In general it is best to keep the car as stock as possible so 
as to be easy to fix. What happens someday when the car is sold and 
the new owner tries to replace the fuel pump? Not only does he not 
know where to get another like he has but if he orders from a "D" 
vender he gets something he won't recognize! This is just one reason a 
modified car may be worth less than an origional, stock car.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757 



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, deloreanernst@xxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 2/4/2002 12:00:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> DMCVegas@xxxx writes:
> 
> 
> > Was the mounting of the fuel pump inside of the fuel tank to save 
> > space, or was it a safety concern? In other words, if the pump 
> > was mounted outside of the tank, is there a possibility that it 
> > could be punctured, and the electrical connections exposed?
> > 
> 
> I know some pickups have the pump in the tank, too. You have to 
drop the 
> entire gas tank to work on it. The DeLorean fuel pump arrangement 
wins hands 
> down over that for ease of access. :)
> Wayne A. Ernst
> 11174
> DMCTech Group
> 
> 
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