[Syty] Fuel Pump

[DOlivares]

Ron (short for ShaRON...?),

    They say that "pulsator" (which I permanently removed in favor of a straight piece of hose when I swapped-in the Walbro) is supposed to dampen noise and vibration.  I went for the FLOW; a little bit of noise-- like Rhoades-Lifter ticking-- is a mild turn-on!  Unfortunately, my new assembly makes just a bare buzz now and you really have to listen for it!  Once the engine starts, it's all drowned out.

    Your pulsator may be in or out, but if you're getting serious noise, one of your metal fuel lines may have shaken (or corroded) LOOSE or you fuel-sock-filter is butted-up against the bottom baffle of the Tank just enough to bounce that sheet metal into a CYMBAL-like noisemaker.

    Anything else sounds like it could only be a bearing or trapped-debris problem within the pump itself, in which case better line up a hot-spare now when you have the leisure of shopping for a good deal.  I (still) recommend EBay....

Happy Motoring,

D.O.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Sharon Routhier 
To: syty at syty.org 
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:48 PM
Subject: [Syty] Fuel Pump


Hi all,
  While you're talking about fuel pumps... I changed to a walbro 225 some time ago and had to drop the tank 3 additional times that day to see if I could find why the pump was so loud. I gave up. Runs great but noisy. Any thoughts?
Thanks, Ron


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