One thing that's confusing me- - - -you keep talking about fuel coming out of the "inlet"- - - - -is that a mistake in semantics? I hesitiate to suggest doing the vacuum and pressure test that's the normal way to evaluate fuel pump function, since nobody in my memory has ever tried it in the almost 20 years I've been talking about it on this forum!
Jerry

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Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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