Mr. Alex Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Hi all, Just lost me job and am hoping to save a few quid. Bought some fuel from a well known supermarket and guess what it was full of impurities and it's clogged up my fuel pump (according to my local garage anyway). Now I've no way of proving the Supermarket link as I have no samples and it was bought miles away from home on a long ride. Anyway looks like it's going to cost me around £70 for a pump (pump is combined with relay) plus fitting and I've already had to pay the garage to get me going. The bike is a Fazer 600 2000 model. Now assuming I can get the old pump back from the garage do you know of a way to cleanb the old one to save me a few quid on buying a new one in these difficult times. Big thanks in advance for any suggestions. Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navi Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Hi all, Just lost me job and am hoping to save a few quid. Bought some fuel from a well known supermarket and guess what it was full of impurities and it's clogged up my fuel pump (according to my local garage anyway). Now I've no way of proving the Supermarket link as I have no samples and it was bought miles away from home on a long ride. Anyway looks like it's going to cost me around £70 for a pump (pump is combined with relay) plus fitting and I've already had to pay the garage to get me going. The bike is a Fazer 600 2000 model. Now assuming I can get the old pump back from the garage do you know of a way to cleanb the old one to save me a few quid on buying a new one in these difficult times. Big thanks in advance for any suggestions. Alex. Hi Alex. simple ans is NO, most all are sealed units But the line filler should stop any bad stuff comeing from the fuel tank so i would check them out . Its normaly water in the system thats the problem on fillups and that dont stop the pump working you need to clean the carbs and tank out of bad fuel. to clean the pump just flush clean fuel through it. if there no suction the diaframs duff end of story. Navi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Alex Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 Hi Alex. simple ans is NO, most all are sealed units But the line filler should stop any bad stuff comeing from the fuel tank so i would check them out . Its normaly water in the system thats the problem on fillups and that dont stop the pump working you need to clean the carbs and tank out of bad fuel. to clean the pump just flush clean fuel through it. if there no suction the diaframs duff end of story. Navi Hi Navi, Must confess, I did a couple ogf hundred miles without it over the weekend and it seemed fine while the tank was fairly full and it seemed to deteriorate as the level dropped without the extra weight to push it through. So I think it does need something. Thanks for the advice. I'll see if I can get it from the garage and I'll see if I can get it going. Many thanks, Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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