fuel pump
#1
newbie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: coeur d' alene, idaho
Posts: 38
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
fuel pump
hi all, i just recently aquired a 1985 gsl-se and ive never owned a rotary car before. anyways...does the fuel pump start pumping when you turn the key on or only when your cranking it at first then stays on after you are running. i can only feel the fuel pump "vibrate" when the motor is cranking. cant start it cause its sat for 7 years and the old gas is all varnished but i was wondering if i need a new pump while im fixing the car up.
thanks.
thanks.
#4
newbie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: coeur d' alene, idaho
Posts: 38
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
is there some sort of a sensor that keeps it pumping when the motors running?
i will have to examine the pump more right after i crank it...
the thing is that the pump was froze up at first....would move back and fourth when you put current to it and then reversed polarity and so on... but i kinda threw it against the ground and it started to work like it should when you put power to it. so i hooked it up to the car to see if it would work and thats when i noticed it would vibrate when cranking the motor over but there was nothing when you let off of the ignition.
i will have to examine the pump more right after i crank it...
the thing is that the pump was froze up at first....would move back and fourth when you put current to it and then reversed polarity and so on... but i kinda threw it against the ground and it started to work like it should when you put power to it. so i hooked it up to the car to see if it would work and thats when i noticed it would vibrate when cranking the motor over but there was nothing when you let off of the ignition.
#6
Lapping = Fapping
iTrader: (13)
'84-'85 cars had a relay which shuts the fuel pump off if the trailing ignitor is either not working, or the engine is not running. There have been probably hundreds of threads regarding this peculiarity. It's supposedly a safety feature and a way to prevent people from driving their cars without functioning trailing ignition.
#7
Lives on the Forum
iTrader: (13)
fuel pump
If people are hearing their fuel pump come on with the key on a Se. Most of the timeit is a bad AFM. And they will usually experience a starting problem. This will be more evident when it is warmer outside. Usually you will take it for a drive, then let it sit
for say 10-15 minutes then go to restart. It will tend to flood at this time. rx7doctor
for say 10-15 minutes then go to restart. It will tend to flood at this time. rx7doctor
Trending Topics
#8
EliteHardcoreCannuckSquad
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Acton, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 4,126
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes
on
4 Posts
Wierd... My car also has a fuel-cut off swich, but as far as I could tell, it was just spliced into the stock fuel pump wiring...
Oh well. My AFM is fine, so I guess the relay was removed...
Oh well. My AFM is fine, so I guess the relay was removed...
#9
newbie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: coeur d' alene, idaho
Posts: 38
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
sorry to sound like an idiot.....but is my fuel pump good or bad based on the folloiwing info i left up top....
im a newbie to rx-7's and i cant really figure out what you guys mean.
thanks josh
im a newbie to rx-7's and i cant really figure out what you guys mean.
thanks josh
#10
EliteHardcoreCannuckSquad
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Acton, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 4,126
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes
on
4 Posts
I'm a little cautious about the fact you had to "throw it at the ground" to make it work, but if it sounds like it's working, it pobably is...
And according to the info from our friends, it seems to be on at the right time...
And according to the info from our friends, it seems to be on at the right time...
Last edited by smnc; 03-27-05 at 08:42 PM.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
trickster
2nd Generation Specific (1986-1992)
25
07-01-23 04:40 PM
ChrisRX8PR
Single Turbo RX-7's
21
10-18-15 04:01 PM