Christ
12-12-05, 10:13 PM
Might remember a while back I had a hole in my tank. I finally sourced a new one, ?45. Got it home and took the old tank off.
Im not a mechanic, i dont pretend to be a mechanic. Im a sparky and the way i look at the fuel system is like a wiring circuit, fuel gets pumped from the tank, to the injectors, fuel that isnt used goes back along the fuel lines to the tank again and this cycle repeats itself, Is that the right kind of idea?
What i was wanting to know was why my new tank has a big hole in the top (it came with a rubber gasket and screws to fit the holes) and my old tank doesnt. This hole seems to line up with the hole thats under the back seats, dont know if thats important or not.
What that old pipe that has been cut off was for?
Am i right in thinking the pipe on the tank that curls around the inside is the feed pipe to the pump, so that it can pump the petrol from the very bottom of the tank?
The two lines that go to the engine, would the fattest of the two conect to the pump?
The final question, maybe most important is if anyone recognises the pump and what side i connect to the fuel lines that go to the engine and what side i connect to the tank itself.
I daresay i could try it one way and if it doesnt work try it again, but that would be a whole lot of extra hassle, ANY help that anyone can offer would be a real boost.
lines going to the engine.
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3110/feedandreturn12ml.jpg
Fuel pump
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1627/fuelpump211pk.jpg
New tank bottom up.
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7595/newtankfillercloseup19hw.jpg
New tank top up.
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5274/newtanktop17ki.jpg
Old tank bottom up.
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/5453/oldtankfillercloseup14wj.jpg
Old tank top up
http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/3011/oldtanktop10yz.jpg
Sorry if the way i have explained it makes no sense lol.
cheers for any advice,
chris.
Im not a mechanic, i dont pretend to be a mechanic. Im a sparky and the way i look at the fuel system is like a wiring circuit, fuel gets pumped from the tank, to the injectors, fuel that isnt used goes back along the fuel lines to the tank again and this cycle repeats itself, Is that the right kind of idea?
What i was wanting to know was why my new tank has a big hole in the top (it came with a rubber gasket and screws to fit the holes) and my old tank doesnt. This hole seems to line up with the hole thats under the back seats, dont know if thats important or not.
What that old pipe that has been cut off was for?
Am i right in thinking the pipe on the tank that curls around the inside is the feed pipe to the pump, so that it can pump the petrol from the very bottom of the tank?
The two lines that go to the engine, would the fattest of the two conect to the pump?
The final question, maybe most important is if anyone recognises the pump and what side i connect to the fuel lines that go to the engine and what side i connect to the tank itself.
I daresay i could try it one way and if it doesnt work try it again, but that would be a whole lot of extra hassle, ANY help that anyone can offer would be a real boost.
lines going to the engine.
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3110/feedandreturn12ml.jpg
Fuel pump
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1627/fuelpump211pk.jpg
New tank bottom up.
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7595/newtankfillercloseup19hw.jpg
New tank top up.
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5274/newtanktop17ki.jpg
Old tank bottom up.
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/5453/oldtankfillercloseup14wj.jpg
Old tank top up
http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/3011/oldtanktop10yz.jpg
Sorry if the way i have explained it makes no sense lol.
cheers for any advice,
chris.