Gents,
I know has been covered ad nauseam and I’ve done a fair bit of reading on the subject but was wondering if anyone has used the electric fuel pump kit from Wins as here;
Fuel pump kit
Finally got my P6 out last week and despite it being a fairly cool evening, I was left stranded with a case of vapor lock as I’d had the car idling for extended periods whilst going through some gearbox level checks, road tests, etc…I recalled this happened to me pretty much the last time I drove the car for any extended period with lots of idle time so time to sort that out. What I’m trying to decide is if I should eliminate the [freshly overhauled] mechanical pump and just go electric or if I should leave the mechanical pump as the primary and just use the electric pump in emergency situations. Presume neither pump is a flow-through design so would need to use the reserve fuel line to feed the electric pump unless I just do away with the mechanical one altogether?
The kit Wins have does come with a blanking plate and I’m certainly not averse to relegating the mechanical pump to the spares shelf if the concensus says the electric pump takes care of the vapor lock issue, although what’s slightly of concern is that I also sometimes deal with this issue on my 1948 MG TC which has the original electric SU pump mounted on the bulkhead of the engine room and on hot days, the car will definitely quit running unless there’s a constant stream of airflow across the pump, so some guys have fitted secondary pumps back by the fuel tank in a ‘pusher’ configuration.
Obviously, just want to do what’s most simple and effective. I don’t drive the P6 often at all but when I do use it, I’d like to know I won’t have to spend an hour roadside setting bags of ice on the fuel pump!
Thanks all for any info!
I know has been covered ad nauseam and I’ve done a fair bit of reading on the subject but was wondering if anyone has used the electric fuel pump kit from Wins as here;
Fuel pump kit
Finally got my P6 out last week and despite it being a fairly cool evening, I was left stranded with a case of vapor lock as I’d had the car idling for extended periods whilst going through some gearbox level checks, road tests, etc…I recalled this happened to me pretty much the last time I drove the car for any extended period with lots of idle time so time to sort that out. What I’m trying to decide is if I should eliminate the [freshly overhauled] mechanical pump and just go electric or if I should leave the mechanical pump as the primary and just use the electric pump in emergency situations. Presume neither pump is a flow-through design so would need to use the reserve fuel line to feed the electric pump unless I just do away with the mechanical one altogether?
The kit Wins have does come with a blanking plate and I’m certainly not averse to relegating the mechanical pump to the spares shelf if the concensus says the electric pump takes care of the vapor lock issue, although what’s slightly of concern is that I also sometimes deal with this issue on my 1948 MG TC which has the original electric SU pump mounted on the bulkhead of the engine room and on hot days, the car will definitely quit running unless there’s a constant stream of airflow across the pump, so some guys have fitted secondary pumps back by the fuel tank in a ‘pusher’ configuration.
Obviously, just want to do what’s most simple and effective. I don’t drive the P6 often at all but when I do use it, I’d like to know I won’t have to spend an hour roadside setting bags of ice on the fuel pump!
Thanks all for any info!