Vortech Guys Help! *With PIX*
09-24-2007, 10:11 AM
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Vortech Guys Help! *With PIX*
Hey guys, as some of you may know, I got my Vortech SC installed about 3 weeks back. I posted a week back with an issue I was having with my belt screeching. I got that fixed with a new Gates belt and have no problem until this morning after work when I turned on my car.
The new problem is that I HAVE A HORRIBLE FUEL LEAK!! Its coming from the aux Fuel pump that I got with the vortech Kit. Here are some pictures I took.
I haven't driven it hard at all. I turned it on after work and when I left the parking lot I could smell gas. I then pulled over and took a look underneath and saw FUEL SPILLING OUT LIKE CRAZY. It seemed like it was spurting out from the in and out line of the fuel pump! I had a half a tank of fuel and after driving about .5 miles I was all out of fuel!!! My wideband A/F gauge said I was running insanely rich (7.4 A/F) when I first smelled it, even at idle it wouldn't change from 7.4-7.6 A/F... Then when I got into the gas station it was just sitting totally lean (20.9 A/F) and it would change! I have no idea how this would happen. I then pulled into a gasstation and had to call a flatbed to get my car back home! It was a very bad day for me today and I have no answer to any of my questions. Could this be the fuel pump, fuel lines??? Any info is helpful! Thanks
~Manny
The new problem is that I HAVE A HORRIBLE FUEL LEAK!! Its coming from the aux Fuel pump that I got with the vortech Kit. Here are some pictures I took.
I haven't driven it hard at all. I turned it on after work and when I left the parking lot I could smell gas. I then pulled over and took a look underneath and saw FUEL SPILLING OUT LIKE CRAZY. It seemed like it was spurting out from the in and out line of the fuel pump! I had a half a tank of fuel and after driving about .5 miles I was all out of fuel!!! My wideband A/F gauge said I was running insanely rich (7.4 A/F) when I first smelled it, even at idle it wouldn't change from 7.4-7.6 A/F... Then when I got into the gas station it was just sitting totally lean (20.9 A/F) and it would change! I have no idea how this would happen. I then pulled into a gasstation and had to call a flatbed to get my car back home! It was a very bad day for me today and I have no answer to any of my questions. Could this be the fuel pump, fuel lines??? Any info is helpful! Thanks
~Manny
09-24-2007, 11:41 AM
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I would check the lines for cuts/holes and maybe tighten down the clamps.
Check the connections going in and out of the FMU I had one pop off and fuel spewed everywhere (passenger side fuel rail). I know the aux pump is on the driver side, but I guess it could be running down outside of the lines.
I had to zip tie my FMU connections together so they wouldn't disconnect.
BTW maybe you should post more pics
hehe j/k 
Check the connections going in and out of the FMU I had one pop off and fuel spewed everywhere (passenger side fuel rail). I know the aux pump is on the driver side, but I guess it could be running down outside of the lines.
I had to zip tie my FMU connections together so they wouldn't disconnect.
BTW maybe you should post more pics
hehe j/k
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