engine and drivetrain Success with the 1600 starting issues!!!!

[Guest Anonymous]

Okay, recently I couldn't figure out why my 1600 wouldnt start. I got some starting ether and it roared to life! For a second. Then I took off the fuel line to one of my carbs and its bone dry! The electric fuel pump, while it made its typical "ticking" sound like it always does, is not pumping any fuel to the engine. What next? Spraying tome ATF or oil into the lines was suggested (to prime the line perhaps?) in an earlier post, but I am unsure of where along the line to spray it or wht to do if the pump is busted (do I go with a manual pump? is this a "drop in" replacement?)

Sorry for so many questions, I'm just excited and ready for my car to run again!!!!!

[Guest Anonymous]

Just get another pump they only last so long. To check get a can of gas (or water) put a hose on the inlet side of the pump and dip it in the can remove the out hose and power up the pump if it squirts the pump is OK. If it is ok then you got a feed problem look at the fuel filter before you tear everything all apart and replace fuel lines. Good luck and have fun

[Ebruckbauer]

Just to clarify:

Is the pump still mounted in the gas tank during this test? Is the inlet side the point where the line from the engine meets the pump or is that the outlet?

Sorry, I am new at this.

[TJs692002]

NO NO NO. Take the pump out of the car first and then bench test it. Heres what you do: The line from the tank to the pump is the inlet. Have this part of the pump in a big coffee can 1/3 full of gas. (diesel fuel is preferred over gas because you will be putting 12volts to the fuel pump that is half emenged in a tank of gas and you dont want a spark to light up your life!! Diesel gas wont ignite like unleaded and the residual deisel left in the pump will not hurt your motor once you get the pump working again) Now put a hose on the outlet side of the pump and have it hanging down into the can that the gas is in so when the fuel pump is powered up you do not have gas spitting out all over the place. The last step is to put 12volts directly to the pump, red to hot, black to ground. The pump should spin and spit out fuel. If it does not then the pump is defective and time for a replacement or go back to a mechanical fuel pump.