Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:20 pm
Yes, the fuel pump will tick slowly while the engine is running as fuel is used.
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:46 pm
ok, but sometimes it seems he is doing some catching up and ticks like crazy and then the tikking slows down, car is running well though
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:23 pm
Does that happen in very hot weather by any chance?
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:30 pm
Mmmm, now you mention it...so you mean because it is hot, the fuel vaporizes and the pump constanty is busy filling the fuelpipes ?
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:36 pm
Yes. Because the pump sucks the fuel up from the tank, you've got a partial vacuum in the supply pipe, which lowers the boiling point of the fuel. In hot weather the engine can sometimes run out of fuel and stop because the pump is only getting vapour.
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:42 pm
Tnx Alex, the Morris keeps suprising me ! 
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:48 am
And the rest of us as wellTnx Alex, the Morris keeps suprising me !
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:37 pm
