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#80727 08/01/2007 3:04 PM | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 31 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 31 | Need opinions on fule pumps. Electric or mechanical? | | |
#80728 08/01/2007 4:14 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,780 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,780 | Electric pumps are great at flooding the crankcase, and causing the carb to run way too rich. Unless they're run through an oil pressure sensing switch, they just keep running, even if the engine stalls. Why mess with a system that worked for decades? Mechanical pumps are reliable, and simple.
Jerry
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#80729 08/01/2007 6:29 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | Electric pumps certainly have their place, i.e., where high GPM and pressure are required, but it isn't on these reliable old Stovebolts. Always employ the KISS method wherever possible is my belief. | | |
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