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Fuel pump seals still leaking

Post by Bongo.Baz.tard » Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:13 pm

After me feeling all smug about doin' my fuel pump seals #-o . I am still not back on the road .
The pump seals are still leaking from what seems to be the front seal. If you prime it with fuel at the banjo filter then turn it over it all just disappears out. NO FUEL SEEMS TO BE GETTING THROUGH AT ALL. Just turning over.
Could the pump be leakin' some where else? or is there something worse afoot :roll: Like the pump failing altogether . it was running alright before but i was coming home from work before xmas and it just conked out on the way home. It wouldn't start at all at first but after a few attempts it started and i got home, It was on inspection at home that i noticed the leak. So changed the seals.
I AM STILL RECOVERING FROM FROSTBITE FROM MY FIST ATTEMPT #-o So iv'e been putting off going back to remove the front cover again but i was pretty sure the seal was seated properly the first time :roll: Maybe not . But any views on this much appreciated
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Re: Fuel pump seals still leaking

Post by The Great Pretender » Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:41 am

By front seal do you mean the one behind the drive belt? If so that is the negative side of the pump (sucking fuel in). You could try fitting a low pressure pump before the IP as a keep you running for now solution. :wink:
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Re: Fuel pump seals still leaking

Post by dandywarhol » Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:51 pm

Bongo.Baz.tard wrote:After me feeling all smug about doin' my fuel pump seals #-o . I am still not back on the road .
The pump seals are still leaking from what seems to be the front seal. If you prime it with fuel at the banjo filter then turn it over it all just disappears out. NO FUEL SEEMS TO BE GETTING THROUGH AT ALL. Just turning over.
Could the pump be leakin' some where else? or is there something worse afoot :roll: Like the pump failing altogether . it was running alright before but i was coming home from work before xmas and it just conked out on the way home. It wouldn't start at all at first but after a few attempts it started and i got home, It was on inspection at home that i noticed the leak. So changed the seals.
I AM STILL RECOVERING FROM FROSTBITE FROM MY FIST ATTEMPT #-o So iv'e been putting off going back to remove the front cover again but i was pretty sure the seal was seated properly the first time :roll: Maybe not . But any views on this much appreciated
:shock: :shock: :shock: - i'm sure you can get videos of that sort of thing :shock:
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Re: Fuel pump seals still leaking

Post by Bongo.Baz.tard » Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:02 pm

Dandy. ''you really are awful but i like ya'' :oops: I'm not gonna edit this now cause it took me a wee while to see where you were going with that lol. I must pre order said video 'DANDY' didnt know you were a video star
But seriously #-o do you think its just the seal not seated properly, you've wrote the book on this so to speak. (talkin bout the seals not the video).
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Re: Fuel pump seals still leaking

Post by dandywarhol » Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:28 pm

Which seal do you think is leaking?
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Re: Fuel pump seals still leaking

Post by Bongo.Baz.tard » Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:47 am

The seal behind the domed cover at the front not the seal behind the plate at the back in the photos you posted
a while back. Ive just replaced both but its still leakin' would it be coming from somewhere else. It feels and looks (from what i can make out) as if it is this seal, the easy one to get at.
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