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I sorted my alternator out but now I've got a seperate, new, problem.

The fuel pump has been bodged up on the outward bound side so I can't tell how the pump connects to the fuel line - i can see there's a banjo style fitting or simlar on the pump (since that's where fuel is coming out from), it's heavily corroded and there's no way the nut/bolt is going to budge.

Question is - is the fitting part of the flexi fuel pipe, or does the fitting come with the pump and is it then secured to the pipe with just a jubilee clip?
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5150 · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:17 am Post subject:

btw - my car is the single pump type, the current pipe exits at a right angle so I'm assuming (having done a search on the site) that it has the internal check valve...
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doomer77 · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 266 Location: Huskvarna, Sweden

the fuel line in the bottom is from the tank, it attaches through a metal clip that you tighten. the banjo fitting at the top is to the engine and the whole bolt screws into the pump, you have to use two wrenches to get it to move (just like the fuel filter). if you cant get it out i would suggest cutting both lines and just get new lines and a new pump, as these pumps go bad after a time. also watch out as pumps from 1981-85 will not work in your 78 car.
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Mike924 · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 2601 Location: IoW UK

The banjo fitting is part of the fuel line. It is crimped in place during manufacture of the line. These are high-pressure fittings for which Jubilee clips are not really suitable.

IIRC the pump has a hexagonal extension on the outlet which houses the non-return valve and the banjo bolt screws into this.

I think if you soak the whole lot for about an hour with 'Plus-Gas' (miles better than WD-40!), give it another drenching and attack it (sensibly!)with a pair of well-fitting spanners (one on the hex housing and one on the banjo bolt), it'll come apart easier than you think. It may appear corroded on the outside, but the threads of the banjo bolt are well protected and so ought to respond favourably.

In what way has the pump been bodged? Are you thinking of replacing the pump or the fuel line? Or is it just coming apart for a general tidy-up?
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5150 · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject:

bodged as in sealed up with chem-metal at the banjo end... the pump came away from the mount and obviously cracked the chem-metal so it's now leaking. Looks like I'll need new fuel line and pump then.
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