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Date:         Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:10:20 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: bumble bee in fuel pump
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At 10:52 AM 11/14/2002, Joachim Preiss wrote:


>BTW: So far I only listened to the noise. I neither took anything apart nor
>checked the fuel filter for clogging at this point.


That's your first step.  Until you do it you can't tell what's going
on.  If it cures the noise, then it was the problem.  If not, pump
likely/presumably worn out (possibly from running dry -- the motor is
immersed in gasoline and takes what little lubrication it gets from the gas).


david




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