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#9778
Reece wood
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I’m struggling to get fuel from my tank into my carb, I’ve bought a new fuel pump and I’ve checked the hoses for any blockages. when I manually suck on the vacuum pipe fuel comes out of the fuel pipe but when I connect everything back up and try to start it nothing goes into to fuel pump and then into the carb, was wondering if there was anything I could try?

Fuel tap is faulty (just replace it as it will 100% leave you stranded) or there is lack of vacuum to open the taps when engine cranks. Lack of vacuum follows on

  • Rotted / Old ORings under the rubber intake manifolds
  • Airbox is not sitting in the carb 100% (especially the front where tiny air still gets sucked in)
  • Intake manifolds (spray carb cleaner when running to see if revs change , then intake pipes have a problem)
  • Loose vacuum hoses or clogged hoses (i hope not)
  • metal manifold clamps holding the carbs down are loose. (don’t overtighten as inlets are very difficult to get brand new)
thank you, it’s a 2013 so it doesn’t have a fuel tap, it’s something to do with the vacuum, I’ll give those a try and if still nothing I’ll be back in touch, thanks again