| Re: [GMCnet] electric pump vs OEM fuel pump [message #335141 is a reply to message #335138] |
Sat, 14 July 2018 17:52  |
Ken Henderson
Messages: 8726
Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA
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Dean,
Sounds like ethanol bit you doubly: First with vapor lock, then with
destroyed hoses. :-(
Ken H.
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 6:07 PM Dean Hanson
wrote:
> About 25 years into ownership of my original GMC, and over 100,000 miles,
> it
> started to "vapor lock". I would stop for lunch and 30/ 45 minutes later
> try
> to start. I started to carry a 1 gallon gas tank and one fuel cap full
> would
> fire it right up.
>
> I bought the "install an electric pump" hooha and hoped my troubles were
> over. Packed up for my first trip, flipped on the switch, and pumped gas
> out
> over about 15 feet from the pump to the front of the motor. After replacing
> the old fuel lines with multiple holes, I never used the electric pump
> again.
>
>
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Ken Henderson
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