Fuel Accumulator
#4
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are you sure the fuel gauge is correct?
frst's dont have an accumulator so i dont think its required for this but maybe there is a problem with the tank such as from non injection car or something
(i have an accumulator)
frst's dont have an accumulator so i dont think its required for this but maybe there is a problem with the tank such as from non injection car or something
(i have an accumulator)
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Im not sure tbh, the accumulator is supposed to maintain fuel pressure when the engine is off, and acts a bit like a capacitor. If the fuel pump see's a very brief lack of fuel then I think the accumulator would maintain pressure. However this would be a very brief event. As Karlos says pressure should be equal through out the system, this would be true for a longer 'event'.
If the accumulator had a one way valve on its intake it would work.
Rob,
If the accumulator had a one way valve on its intake it would work.
Rob,
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Ive got an EFi in tank pump, and i never got the issue under hard cornering until i turbo'd the car and fitted an uprated pump. But i guess as the demand for fuel rises and any momentary shortage in what the pump can draw will have a knock on effect.
I don't really have the funds or desire to go for an external pump and swirl pot etc... So was hoping an accumulator could help?
If not, maybe an MFi tank/pump feeding a small swirl pot in the spare wheel well the on the the filter/fuel rail.
Its only under 1/4 of a tank i get the issue, also the EFi tanks have a swirlpot inside, albeit a very poor designed one!
I don't really have the funds or desire to go for an external pump and swirl pot etc... So was hoping an accumulator could help?
If not, maybe an MFi tank/pump feeding a small swirl pot in the spare wheel well the on the the filter/fuel rail.
Its only under 1/4 of a tank i get the issue, also the EFi tanks have a swirlpot inside, albeit a very poor designed one!
#14
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This might explain the problem I had the other day with mine, I went round a long bend at full chat and the car coughed and chugged so I let off and got scared and drove it home off boost!
It was under 1/4 of tank though, never had it happen before but I've never really given it full beans on a low tank before...
I'm also looking for an MFI tank Roger, I get fed up of dropping the tank to check the pump!
It was under 1/4 of tank though, never had it happen before but I've never really given it full beans on a low tank before...
I'm also looking for an MFI tank Roger, I get fed up of dropping the tank to check the pump!
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When i turbocharge Vans or such like (Bantams, combi etc) i add an external swirl pot and pump, if the customer want to save a little cash and avoid a different tank or custom setup made.
An external swirl pot is around £60 off ebay and pipework is not alot unless you want to use decent connections. A lift pump is around £55 so i guess for £150 ish you could stop the fuel issues and have a decent reliable fuel system.
#16
Jano, that sounds like a good option... Can you post a pic up of a similar setup? What do i do with my in-tank pump?
Matt - the trouble is you dont want it losing fuel a running lean mid corner and melting something or detonating! I mean short-term the answer is to keep the tank pretty full but i think either an MFi tank/pump and swirl pot (purely because the MFi pump is such a high pressure) or get a swirl pot etc fitted to our tanks as Jano says.
Matt - the trouble is you dont want it losing fuel a running lean mid corner and melting something or detonating! I mean short-term the answer is to keep the tank pretty full but i think either an MFi tank/pump and swirl pot (purely because the MFi pump is such a high pressure) or get a swirl pot etc fitted to our tanks as Jano says.
Last edited by Rogeyboy; 20-04-2012 at 10:16 AM.
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You could use the pump in tank as the lift pump to swirl pot, then buy an external pump to feed the fuel rail. Return to a swirl pot, so the swirl pot will always be full and the return from the swirl pot back to the tank.
Same as what i have on my own cars but use an external pump as a lift pump.
1 external pump
1 swirl pot
lines and fittings.
Same as what i have on my own cars but use an external pump as a lift pump.
1 external pump
1 swirl pot
lines and fittings.
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