Re: Huco fuel pump
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:56 pm
If you're fitting it in the boot, another question arises with the Huco. Their details on the Gower & Lee website shows 4 models. 2 for near the tank with a pressure of 4.3 psi which seems too high. 2 for the engine compartment with 2.2.psi which seem more like it. Oddly the two near the tank have identical specs, but the engine compartment ones are different voltage. I suspect there is a typo for the near the tank models and there are different voltage versions, but it does need clarifying. Also, the pressure in a static liquid is a constant, unless things have changed since I was at school, so the 4.3 psi will appear at the carbs when the float valves are shut. The pressure may well be less when the float valves are open and maybe that is why they propose a higher pressure version when fitted near the tank. But it would help if they would explain why different pressure versions are specified for different locations. I would have thought the low pressure version is correct wherever it is fitted.
So that's two questions that need to be answered, no, hang on, three! Their flow conversion table says 12 litres/hr is the same as 26 gallons/ hr. I think they meant 120 litres/hr.
Maybe their typist was having a bad day. What's a mebrane?
I imagine 26 gallons/hr is a very plentiful rate for a car that does 30 mpg, but I have no idea as fuel is obviously not used at a steady rate and the pump needs to pretty much keep up with the peak rate.
regards
Richard
So that's two questions that need to be answered, no, hang on, three! Their flow conversion table says 12 litres/hr is the same as 26 gallons/ hr. I think they meant 120 litres/hr.
Maybe their typist was having a bad day. What's a mebrane?
I imagine 26 gallons/hr is a very plentiful rate for a car that does 30 mpg, but I have no idea as fuel is obviously not used at a steady rate and the pump needs to pretty much keep up with the peak rate.
regards
Richard