a beautiful boat should sail forever.
cube or Facet style lift pump for diesel
So I am working on my Ford Osco 172 that I rebuilt a few years ago, which has not been broken in yet - because the boat has not been in the water.
If you looked at the fuel filtration system a couple of photos ago you will see the lift pump after the primary and secondary filter. This is kind of cool because to prime the filters all you have to do is turn on the lift pump. Also you want it in line AFTER at least the primary filter because it breaks the water droplets up to where the water separator is ineffective (so I have read).
I had used the cylindrical pump to clean out some bad fuel and it was about shot. I had been helping a friend with his yanmar diesel and he had a "cube" or Facet style pump. After cruising the internet I could only find one American made product - Facet -. They had an excellent chart of specs. I found one with the correct specs (I hope - 12volts, 4 to 7 psi, and a check valve to keep fuel from flowing back, which I read reduces engine cranking time - makes sense). As you see from all my "I read" s, I do not have much personal experience with electric fuel pumps. I am using this low pressure pump just to supply the high pressure injection pump on the engine, i.e. a lift pump. My impression is that the pump is nothing more than electromagnetic plunger (as opposed to a diaphragm?) which in mine is operated by solid state electronics. Several sources commented on the clicking noise they generate.
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