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Offline frankenwing

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Trouble starting, suspect fuel pump (video)
« on: April 10, 2018, 06:53:34 PM »
Well today my K75 is refusing to start. It'll just barely start to fire but then give up. Couldn't figure out what the issue was. But then i started to notice a little fuel leakage out of the top of my gas tank. Odd. So i pull the cap assembly off, look around, try to start it and i find that the fuel pump is spraying fuel through the seams. I'm no expert but i'm pretty sure its not supposed to do that.

Bad fuel pump then?


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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: Trouble starting, suspect fuel pump (video)
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2018, 07:58:06 PM »
Could be something is blocking the flow as well.
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Offline frankenwing

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Re: Trouble starting, suspect fuel pump (video)
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2018, 08:42:03 PM »
Yup Turns out there was something clogged in the fuel filter. Blew it out, hooked it all back up and it was running again. But I think because of the back up it hurt the fuel pump a little bit. It’s still spraying out of the seam, just not as much. Ordered a new pump and filter to be safe.
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Offline blakey

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Re: Trouble starting, suspect fuel pump (video)
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2018, 08:49:02 PM »
Can you tell us how old the pump was and was it an OEM unit?
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Offline frankenwing

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Re: Trouble starting, suspect fuel pump (video)
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2018, 08:54:51 PM »
It is the oem pump, I believe the original but I don’t know for certain
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