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Thread: electric or manual?

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    76ANTHONY
    ok i have a holley elec fuel pump that seems to heat up after about 20 minutes, it kills the boat and then about 3 miutes later it will run again, do i change it to manual or what???

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    IMPATIENT 1
    i like holley blue pumps,the only probs i have with em is the occassional leaky base.have you checked your tank vent?your pump could be pulling a vacuum and heating up.worth checking out.

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    76ANTHONY
    i'll check that when i get home,thanks...

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    ok i have a holley elec fuel pump that seems to heat up after about 20 minutes, it kills the boat and then about 3 miutes later it will run again, do i change it to manual or what???
    i personally prefer the HP manual pump...alot less probs to go wrong (heating, leaking, electrical etc)...just my .02 cents
    fastrat

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    superdave013
    I sell these pumps. One of these will last longer then your boat. lol
    http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data..._chevy-med.JPG

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    superdave013
    dead heading those pumps makes them run hot. Think about it. It's filled the bowls up and now is pumping against a closed needle and seat. If you had a return style fuel system the pump would not run as hot.

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    IMPATIENT 1
    i personally prefer the HP manual pump...alot less probs to go wrong (heating, leaking, electrical etc)...just my .02 cents
    fastrat
    i like manual pumps too, it's just i've had a diaphram rupture on the lake and wash down some main bearing before i realized what happened.i lean towards electric from then on and it makes adjusting floats easier to me

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    SmokinLowriderSS
    Hmmmm Never had a trouble with carb adjustements, but that's just been me. My original mechanical ran from 1978 to 2002 when it got weak. $180 later, I'm in great shape. 7psi idle, between 9 and 10 WFO feeding the 700 CFM Holley
    Mine looks just like that Clay Smith, but I have no recolection of what brand it is. I ordered it from a marine mail order house in OKC on the recomendation of a boat shop (they would order the same one for me, same place, and then charge their markup).

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    wet77
    dead heading those pumps makes them run hot. Think about it. It's filled the bowls up and now is pumping against a closed needle and seat. If you had a return style fuel system the pump would not run as hot.
    I agree NEVER deadhead those electric pumps I killed one within 1 hour of use and after I installed a bypass regulator its worked great ever since

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    396_WAYS_TO_SPIT
    I run mechanical edelbrock and it never skips a beat. It also feeds 2 worked over holley 750 dp's on a 12.5-1 motor I hate electric pumps!

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