Fuel priming device for mechanical pump
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:34 pm
I just read in some 356 network they do have the same cranking up fuel issue as many of us have. One found a simple cheap device:
a ballon pump as used for small boat motors - for less than $ 15
Could be fitted between tank outlet and boot fuel line. They reported no fuel starvation up to tested 100 miles an hour - and no silli cranking battery flat and starter sick.
I will try within the next weeks and report!
Some also used a small electric fuel pump in line. Just for priming, then switched off and went on with the original mechanical pump, fuel beeing sucked through the electric pump. Again no problem.
Anna
a ballon pump as used for small boat motors - for less than $ 15
Could be fitted between tank outlet and boot fuel line. They reported no fuel starvation up to tested 100 miles an hour - and no silli cranking battery flat and starter sick.
I will try within the next weeks and report!
Some also used a small electric fuel pump in line. Just for priming, then switched off and went on with the original mechanical pump, fuel beeing sucked through the electric pump. Again no problem.
Anna