Fuel pump

[joe76bmw]

MY 76 has an electrc fuel pump would like to know the best replacement electric pump I could replace it with. the pump is not pumping enough gas to carb.

[Mike Self]

1. Is it pushing or sucking? Electric pumps do MUCH better pushing, so it should be mounted near the fuel tank, not in the engine compartment.

2. Have you checked your fuel filter(s)--in the tank (bottom of the fuel pickup), in line (usually just upstream of the carb) and the filter screen int he carb inlet? A clogged filter won't allow much gas to pass (so to speak.)

3. Unless you're running dual sidedrafts, the OEM mechanical pump provides more than adequate fuel flow for a carb; you might consider going back to that vs the unnecessary complexity of an electric pump.

cheers

mike

[joe76bmw]

pump is up front by carb it has been there since I got car a four years ago . Never had any problems until car was parked for repairs about two years.

[c.d.iesel]

PLEASE GO back TO MECHANICAL

FUEL PUMP - BOLTS RIght on the motor, no wires, no crap-out - last 28 years, no noise, correct volume and pressure with no regulators, no additional holes drilled in your already cheesy body, and every next owner will know what is needed IF the pump should ever fail in the future.

[Mike Self]

over the past two years...that's where the filter screen on the gas gauge sender unit/fuel pickup line lives...bet it's gunked up...

mike

[winstontj]

MY 76 has an electrc fuel pump would like to know the best replacement electric pump I could replace it with. the pump is not pumping enough gas to carb.

If you need a new one and used is OK ToddK can probably sell you one we just took out of a parts car. Email him - kishbach at adelphia dot net the fuel pump came out of a 75 car with dual 45 webers. it was setup to be mounted in the trunk. It was a little noisy but that's because it was directly mounted metal to metal. If you used proper mounting hardware it would be completely silent.

[mikem]

(nt)

[PSloan]

I'm pretty sure thats just an early pump. Some of them were "servicable" while the later variatopns were sealed.

[scottt]

That's the current version as supplied by BMW, it appears to be serviceable, but they don't show any parts available for them.

[mikem]

My 76's is still ticking on the original. Although, maybe today they don't make 'em like they used to.