Fuel Pump...Berzerk?

[spartan0199]

Hi All!

Thought I would put the battery in the Healey today, it is nearly May right eventhough I don't really have time to fiddle with it and the weather is raining and miserable....


So everything is good, new battery in and ready to go, I turn the key on and the fuel pump is clicking like crazy, rapid fire with no signs of slowing down. Never heard it do this before, didn't have time to look at it anymore today because of work. Any ideas?

Here is a link if you want to hear it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5c7x-tmMZ8

 

[fishyboy]

Hi Justin,
Mine did this yesterday - it was out of fuel.
Phil

 

[DerekJ]

Fuel blockage from tank, or no fuel or an air leak on the tank side of the pump.

 

[spartan0199]

Dang, wish it was out of fuel

 

[tahoe healey]

As a frequent fuel pump replacer (see photo in Reeds column this months AH America mag), the trick is to blow into the gas tank, hard, a couple of times. Kind of like mouth to mouth, you need to force air into the pump.
TH

 

[HealeyRick]

Might also be a torn carb diaphragm. They sometimes disintegrate with today's gas.

 

[British_Recovery]

If you smell gas and notice some coming out of the overflow tubes, tap on the top of the associated float bowl. The valve may be stuck.