Maybe expected a bit more...., Recent Fuel pump purchase |
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Maybe expected a bit more...., Recent Fuel pump purchase |
914Next |
Apr 22 2023, 08:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 702 Joined: 28-July 14 From: Ephraim Wisconsin Member No.: 17,695 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Not sure if I'm just ranting, venting or just verbalizing a bit of disappointment. And let me say that I fully accept and I don't expect any guarantees (unless a seller offers one) in buying a part on the World but I'm just a bit disappointed after my recent (september) purchase of what was supposedly a very nice (possibly NOS?) 3 port fuel pump for my 914. I bought it as a spare and then found reason to actually need it a couple of weeks ago. When my service guy installed it, it leaked terribly so I had to quickly buy a remanufactured one and overnight to my service garage.
Won't disclose the seller but he is one of the most highly respected contributors on the World. We negotiated a bit and I agreed to pay $600 for this part....premium money. I don't expect a refund but I sent a note to him telling him that the part was unusable. What did I expect? I guess maybe a "damn, really sorry about that" or some other simple acknowledgement that spending $600 in good faith and ending up needing to spend another $500 for a re-manufactured pump is a real bummer. But, no response. I guess in the end I am just venting and feeling like as a seller I would have handled it differently. But....I move on. |
wonkipop |
Apr 23 2023, 06:30 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,624 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
as an aside you actually test fuel pumps with kerosine.
you'd be crazy to do it with fuel. the kero is nowhere near as flammable. its got pretty much the same characteristics as fuel. after i rebuilt the pumps all the pressure and flow testing i did was with kero. at the end of testing it i just left the kero in and plugged them. then bagged. to flush out - same set up. except have a bottle of fuel and discharge to empty bottle. our kero is stained blue. for safety purposes. so children don't think its water i believe. or something like that. so its easy to tell you have got most of it out. the flushed liquid will start to look clear once you get most of the kero out. it takes a little while and a few flushes to get get it all as its down in the body of the fuel pump and most of what you want to flush through keeps going through the port chamber at the top. |
Superhawk996 |
Apr 23 2023, 07:35 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,469 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
our kero is stained blue. for safety purposes. Cool blue (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Here it’s either clear or red. Red means it is not taxed and is for off-road purposes such as heating. The problem is the red dye just creates more carbon deposits and fouling of kerosene heaters. |
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