ollie_ 0 Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 Evening all! Bit of a funny one.When my fuel goes below the last white line before the red on the gauge, and I decide to come off a private roundabout at a more than leisurely pace, or accelerate whilst turning slightly, it's as if the engines being starved of fuel... It accelerates, then hesitates, then goes again once its settled out.Now, is this something normal? Anyone else experienced or fixed this?Ta, Ollie Link to post Share on other sites
jason2875 0 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 did you ever find the ans to this ollie as i have had the same problems Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 could be centrifugal force pushing the low level fuel to the left rear of the tank, the pump is on the right front iirc Link to post Share on other sites
spadam 7 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 It's usually cause fuel is forced away from the pump i had this problem before. Easy solution top up with fuel lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Gazbarber1982 3 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Walbro fuel pump fitted (or similar)! I had the same problem when i first bought the highline so pulled the pump out to check it was ok and it had a walbro. The problem is that a standard pump has 2 inlets; one in the swirl pot and one in the tank so when your tank is low and you throw it round the roundabout, it feeds off the swirl pot. With the walbro, it has one inlet so when you throw it round, it gets a dry spot and you get the empty tank sensation! I get 150 miles to a tank on the motorway because of the walbro and the adaptor I got from Vince at stealth doesn't fit my pump. But im 99% sure thats the problem Link to post Share on other sites
ollie_ 0 Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Walbro fuel pump fitted (or similar)! I had the same problem when i first bought the highline so pulled the pump out to check it was ok and it had a walbro. The problem is that a standard pump has 2 inlets; one in the swirl pot and one in the tank so when your tank is low and you throw it round the roundabout' date=' it feeds off the swirl pot. With the walbro, it has one inlet so when you throw it round, it gets a dry spot and you get the empty tank sensation! I get 150 miles to a tank on the motorway because of the walbro and the adaptor I got from Vince at stealth doesn't fit my pump. But im 99% sure thats the problem[/quote']That would make sense tbh! The previous owner replaced the fuel pump just before I bought it, so can only imagine he's done exactly that! So I guess the solution would be to get an oem fuel pump fitted! Brilliant! Cheers dude Link to post Share on other sites
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