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Postby Gazza » Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:25 pm

How can you tell when your fuel pump is about to shit itself?
mine is making a funny intermitten whiney noise when i turn the key and the pump starts to prime.
There is no lack in power at any point in the rev range & still pulls hard.
Crim owners your thoughts please.
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby MadKaw » Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:05 pm

When theres no noise when you turn the key.. :-)

Have tried cleaning it out.?
The mesh filter in the bottom of mine had a heap of crap in it when I pulled it apart.
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby Wattie » Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:15 pm

Yeah clean out the mesh.

And you can test the flow by measuring how much fuel comes out when it primes. There is a set amount that is supposed to come through.
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby MickLC » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:04 pm

Wattie wrote:Yeah clean out the mesh.

And you can test the flow by measuring how much fuel comes out when it primes. There is a set amount that is supposed to come through.


+1 when mine went the prime volume was heaps less than it was meant to be.
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby Gazza » Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:41 am

does pulling the mesh thingy appart to clean require any seals etc to put it back together ?
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby MadKaw » Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:42 am

Gazza wrote:does pulling the mesh thingy appart to clean require any seals etc to put it back together ?


No, its pretty easy.
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby Gazza » Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:48 am

reason i ask is im going for a weekend ride with some mates and want to try and clean it out this afternoon
so thats the answer i was looking for ;) :kuda:
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby Gazza » Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:50 am

i got quoted $350 for a second hand pump from metro's, the said it was taken off a running bike.
Genuine from kawasaki out of japan with a 3 week wait is $540.
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby Blurr » Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:07 am

I have a spare you can have for 200
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby MickLC » Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:39 am

I got a low kay used one from the UK on eBay for around $130 delivered late last year. You could get a brand new one from the states for what Metros are asking.
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby Gazza » Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:05 am

Blurr wrote:I have a spare you can have for 200


may be interested mate

ill try cleaning mine first if that doesnt fix it ill give you a call .
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby Blurr » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:11 am

Yeah cleaning it will get you there I think.

On second thoughts I don't think mine will fit as it is from 06-11 zx10r
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby Blurr » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:11 am

They look different from memory
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby Wattie » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:17 am

Blurr wrote:Yeah cleaning it will get you there I think.

On second thoughts I don't think mine will fit as it is from 06-11 zx10r


The outer bit is different,
But you can strip the pump bit out of the unit and swap them over.
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Re: fuel pump query

Postby Gazza » Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:50 pm

Ok
Pump is out but i can't see any sort of mesh thingy :(
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