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  1. crazyplowboy

    Should a new fuel pump sound like a food processer?

    With the bottom plate off I can move the impeller up and down probibly .100 in. should there be that much play in it? I noticed when I hooked it to power I could see the impeller drop down and hit the bottom plate for a second at start up and shutdown, during this time the pump made the sound...
  2. crazyplowboy

    Should a new fuel pump sound like a food processer?

    I just took it out again and looked it over well. The bottom plate that covers the impeller was not seated fully in the recess, so I pressed it in and tightened up the screw. Then I noticed that the hose was too long and was pushing down on the pump outlet causing the pumping section to be...
  3. crazyplowboy

    Should a new fuel pump sound like a food processer?

    I'm trying to bleed the air from the system, I did a filter change on new years eve which led me to find out that my pump was dead. Got a new pump put it in and thats where I am now. The pump is flowing fuel pretty well. I took the screw out of the top of the pump access panel and it flowed like...
  4. crazyplowboy

    Should a new fuel pump sound like a food processer?

    I just put a new fuel pump in my truck this evening, and when I turned the switch to see if it was working I heard a sound like a food processer chopping up a pine tree coming from the fuel tank. It makes a grinding sound , but every once in a while the grinding sound will go away and it will be...
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