97 cherokee 4L - Fuel pump #5 in 250k
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Re: 97 cherokee 4L - Fuel pump #5 in 250k
Hi Mike,
How offend are you below a quarter tank? Everyone of my passenger
cars has at least five gallons in when the gauge reads empty. I cooked a
brand new Stewart Warner external push pump, just running out once and
trying to make another mile for a gas station.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Say what????
>
> Once you are below 3/4 of a tank the fuel pump is sitting in the air.
> It has a pickup tube to reach into the gas.
>
> The cooling jacket around the pump is fed by the fuel return line that
> comes back from the engine.
>
> The only way to burn out a pump from heat is to block the fuel return
> line.
>
> I would suspect the OP has a bad regulator, not a bad pump.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
How offend are you below a quarter tank? Everyone of my passenger
cars has at least five gallons in when the gauge reads empty. I cooked a
brand new Stewart Warner external push pump, just running out once and
trying to make another mile for a gas station.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Say what????
>
> Once you are below 3/4 of a tank the fuel pump is sitting in the air.
> It has a pickup tube to reach into the gas.
>
> The cooling jacket around the pump is fed by the fuel return line that
> comes back from the engine.
>
> The only way to burn out a pump from heat is to block the fuel return
> line.
>
> I would suspect the OP has a bad regulator, not a bad pump.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
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Re: 97 cherokee 4L - Fuel pump #5 in 250k
Hi Mike,
How offend are you below a quarter tank? Everyone of my passenger
cars has at least five gallons in when the gauge reads empty. I cooked a
brand new Stewart Warner external push pump, just running out once and
trying to make another mile for a gas station.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Say what????
>
> Once you are below 3/4 of a tank the fuel pump is sitting in the air.
> It has a pickup tube to reach into the gas.
>
> The cooling jacket around the pump is fed by the fuel return line that
> comes back from the engine.
>
> The only way to burn out a pump from heat is to block the fuel return
> line.
>
> I would suspect the OP has a bad regulator, not a bad pump.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
How offend are you below a quarter tank? Everyone of my passenger
cars has at least five gallons in when the gauge reads empty. I cooked a
brand new Stewart Warner external push pump, just running out once and
trying to make another mile for a gas station.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Say what????
>
> Once you are below 3/4 of a tank the fuel pump is sitting in the air.
> It has a pickup tube to reach into the gas.
>
> The cooling jacket around the pump is fed by the fuel return line that
> comes back from the engine.
>
> The only way to burn out a pump from heat is to block the fuel return
> line.
>
> I would suspect the OP has a bad regulator, not a bad pump.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
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