| navanodd |
12-30-2017 11:21 AM |
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Originally Posted by Grady
(Post 3022032)
Yes this pump is a 100% duty cycle pump. However when you run out of gas and it starts to cavitate it will loose lubrication and overheat quickly.
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I'm going on the assumption here that this is a small centrifugal pump. Even if it is turned on, with the small amount of flow for normal driving the pump will not be drawing much power.
Locking this pump at full output with no restriction on the fuel line is asking the pump to do more work than usual. It is possible that it is designed with this in mind. The more current the pump is drawing, the more things are heating up. This type of pump usually doesn't like to run without any back pressure.
If these are positive displacement pumps, then go right ahead and only get concerned about heat when the tank is near empty. Backpressure won't matter either. A positive displacement pump will always flow the same amount, so it would have a kickback to dump fuel back to the fuel tank when it is pumping more fuel than the engine needs.
Anyone know what typical construction of a fuel pump is?
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