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Which fuel pump?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:26 am
by Simon Smith
I keep wrecking fuel pumps. I've got through two Pierburg pumps this year. They haven't been run dry as far as I know.
So what pumps do you use and which ones are reliable and cheap?
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:09 am
by Whites
This is the fuel pump we use.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250745677644? ... 1439.l2649
This is for a GSX-R600 K7.
We have never had a problem with it.
We have it regulated to 3 bar.
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:28 pm
by Simon Smith
Cheers,
I'll try one of those.
Simon
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:20 am
by alanw
Don't think its the pumps that are the problem, more like the fuel you are using, also drain system dry between meetings that will also help.
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:41 am
by Whites
Do you have a filter between tank and pump?
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:50 pm
by STEVIEBOY491
Pre filter too fine?
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:07 pm
by Simon Smith
I'm using Vpower fuel with an inline filter between the tank and the pump.
I've never drained the fuel between meetings though.
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:23 pm
by STEVIEBOY491
How often are you changing the filter? Are you sucking in air on the inlet side, I.e. running it dry? I had this problem, changed to screw connector instead of bayonet and jubilee clip. Too fine inlet filter? Too powerful a flow rate?
So many questions!
Regards
Steve
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:19 pm
by Metalface.
Whites wrote:
We have it regulated to 3 bar.
What regulator do you use?
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:39 am
by Whites
Metalface. wrote:Whites wrote:
We have it regulated to 3 bar.
What regulator do you use?
This one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Blu ... 5d44b18e71
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:59 am
by lovingit
Had Pierburg pumps on for year . That and bosch pumps . Id suggest there maybe something not quite right with your syatem possibly if youve knackered 2 . And ive never drained fuel out either . Could understand if it was methanol or something
but pump fuel wont hurt it
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 5:49 pm
by Metalface.
Thank you.
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:29 am
by mcmaiering
Metalface. wrote: What regulator do you use?
Joe uses his own home made system, limiting the return flow... That could work too...
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:43 pm
by oldbelly
Theres a lot more pressure with a fuel injection system Marc. Simon you seem to have a system that most use. We certainly have something similar and have had no problems and we use Sytec pump which some people have had bother with. Our pump runs off the ECU would that make any difference ?
Re: Which fuel pump?
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 4:51 pm
by Whites
Our pump was an internal one, we changed this as we changed the brakes and needed a new fuel tank, so we went for the pump and regulator I linked above.
This is how we have it setup;
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Tank --- Filter ---- Pump -----------Throttle Bodies
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|-------------------------- Regulator
We did have a few problems with fuel starvation at the beginning of the season, but this is because we origionally had the return of the regulator going between the filter and pump, instead of back into the tank.
We still get this occasionally, but we believe this is due to surge when we have low fuel.
We wired the new fuel pump to the original wires that ran the old fuel pump.