Re: fuel distributor noise(buzzing)

[harrison <hsapir@multiverse.com>]

The fuel pumps are loud as hell. They are in the rear of the car though, no mistaking
the two noises.

Steven Buchholz wrote:

> ... don't go out and buy a new one just yet!  The valve on my '83 urq
> is quite noisy as well, but it works just fine (Hmmm, I've also been
> told that the fuel pump on my '88 5kCSQW is the loudest they've heard ...
> I wonder if there's a common thread here :).  My recommendation to you
> is that you check your duty cycle readings first ... chances are that
> you'll see that the F/TCU is actually forcing the duty cycle to be very
> rich and causing the running problems you're seeing.  It may actually
> be the true that your problem is due to a faulty sensor to the F/TCU
> (have you changed your OXS lately?) and that is actually the source of
> your problem.
>
> HTH!
> Steve Buchholz
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>  #
>  # At 1:22 PM -0500 on 1/28/98, harrison wrote:
>  # Ut oh.
>  # I guess this also explains why twice within a week the car almost died(RPM
>  # started to drop, then it dropped even further, fighting to stay
>  # going...only by jumping into the car and flooring it did I keep it from
>  # stalling.)
>  #
>  # Then again, in both cases the car was inside a warm(50 deg or so) garage
>  # and then immediately put outside into 20 deg. cold and left idling;  would
>  # this cause the car to falter, or should I really look into the distributor
>  # noise?
>  #
>  #
>  # > It's going bad.
>  # >
>  # > Brett Dikeman wrote:
>  # >
>  # > > Is it normal for the fuel distributor to buzz loudly?  I had the hood open,
>  # > > and was listening to the engine for anything odd, and I noticed the buzz
>  # > > from the distributor.
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