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Thread: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

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    Default Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?


    I want to put a bigger fuel tank in a non traditional place on my vw trike.Will try to put a pic on to help with the answer.Do I have to have gravity flow,or can I use an aftermarket electric fuel pump.I want to put it in the wedge shaped area under the instument cluster,all the way to the floor.Then hopefully have a working fuel gauge also.I know,too much to ask.:no:



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    Default Re: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

    Unless the lowest point in the new gas tank will be higher than your carburetor float bowl, then you will need a fuel pump.It is not a matter of quantity of gas and weight pushing it down, or triangular shape or anything else - it is purely and simply a matter of level gravity, the fuel will only feed downhill by itself.

    Electric pump will work fine, but I would stick with one of the lower pressure pumps, maybe 3-5 lbs (they can be bought with up to 20 lbs pressure). The final shape of your tank design may dictate the type fuel level sending unit you can use. If you access to junked VWs, you might want to look at/rob the sender and gauge from a 1967 Beetle - it was a mechanical gauge with a cable from the sending unit in the tank.

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    Default Re: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

    For one thing , there is no room for a vw gas tank in that area and for the gas gage to work properly, just use the stock fuel pump off the vw motor you have it will pull the fuel to the motor abd will be fine, as far as a fuel gage, well that is another thing,
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    Default Re: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

    I have a 10 gal. fuel tank, no gauge, I have a small bamboo stick marked off...quarter,half,three quarter,full. Crude I know, but its a little hard to find a good simple gas gauge for an after market fuel tank.
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    Default Re: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

    Quote Originally Posted by whunterx View Post
    I have a 10 gal. fuel tank, no gauge, I have a small bamboo stick marked off...quarter,half,three quarter,full. Crude I know, but its a little hard to find a good simple gas gauge for an after market fuel tank.
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    Default Re: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

    ahhh heck, drill 2 holes about 12 inches apart and put an elbow 1/4 in fitting it the hole and put a clear plastic fuel line on it and it will show you how much fuel you have in the tank, one fitting on the top and one near the bottom of the tank, and works fine till someone comes along and cut the line, grinn
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    Default Re: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

    Quote Originally Posted by redneckray View Post
    ahhh heck, drill 2 holes about 12 inches apart and put an elbow 1/4 in fitting it the hole and put a clear plastic fuel line on it and it will show you how much fuel you have in the tank, one fitting on the top and one near the bottom of the tank, and works fine till someone comes along and cut the line, grinn
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    HA....done this before.....

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    Default Re: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

    I have an electric fuel pump with a "shut off valve" attached (shuts the fuel off when power is shut down) I also have a fuel gauge on the 9 gal. dune buggy allum. round tank. I had the mount for the gauge put in by an experienced welder. Works great.
    Also if you use the Weber 34ict's for carbs and don't have a "shut off valve" installed make sure you shut the fuel off if you are going to be off of it for awhile. The fuel will drain down into your engine and mix with the gas and there goes your seals, etc., Don't ask me how I found that out.........
    You can see the gauge and mount at the top left side of the tank in the picture........

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    Default Re: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

    Now that is one sweet looking trike, love everything you have done to it Don. How is it when that second stage on your Webber kicks in?

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    Default Re: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

    Now that is one sweet looking trike, love everything you have done to it Don. How is it when that second stage on your Webber kicks in?

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    Default Re: Ok,Gravity or electric fuel pump?

    QUOTE=Doc37;46978]Now that is one sweet looking trike, love everything you have done to it Don. How is it when that second stage on your Webber kicks in?[/QUOTE]

    You can deffenty feel it kick in when you floor it.......:beerchug:

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