Car Got Tired

[K6RU]

In all my many years of owning cars, I have never seen a transfer pump setup as described in a passenger car.

No surprise if it is not perfect the first go-around software wise.


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Chuck

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[Erict]

I am amazed sometimes at how complicated some things can be.

Why did the engineers not place two fuel lines at the two lowest points of the tank,

connect them with a Y fuel line and place one pump vs 2?


Two fuel gauges can accomodate the shape of the tank...

Is simplicity too complicated?

 

[K6RU]

Erict:

Cuz one could be sucking air?

 

[Erict]

Hmm, not sure about that one, if the flow to the Y was greater than the line capacity to the pump, the fuel would equalize in both tanks, something like communicating vases, no?

 

[Erict]

An other thing, would this problem not show up on the LS and the Jag? Or is the fuel tank/pump assembly specific to TBirds?

 

[KYbluebird]

The Lincoln LS has the same system. I think the reason you cannot connect them together at the bottom is because the driveshaft goes through that area. By the way, the pumps are inside the tanks.

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[RedBirdDlx]

I doubt it is fuel tank related. The computer tries for a low rpm idle. If it is too low the car dies. The little men in the computer caucus and decide that the idle was too slow and step it up a notch so it won't happen again. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.

 

[K6RU]

DavidB said in another thread today:

"They also looked into my problem when I ran out of gas on 1/4 tank of gas. They said Ford has issued a bulletin that they are having problems with the two fuel pumps in the gas tank. If a customer complains of running out of gas with 1/4 to 1/8 tank of gas they are to replace the two pumps. These are now also on order so they can go on next week."

FYI




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Chuck