Electric fuel pump questions.

[millertime]

I just ordered a facet 60302 posi flow pump its 5-7 psi and 35gpm shoud work just fine for the old eco.  Its gonna be the wifes daily so I'm wiring it to a relay running off the fuel soloniod because i dont trust her to remember to turn it off.  I'll post pics when I get it all hooked up. I wont know before and after results though because I just dropped the eco into the original stock 1.6 na jetta.  Should be pretty sweet.  Oh the pump was 35 bucks shiped from spruce aviation.  Way better deal than the pos mr gasket pumps. 

[GTiTDi]

I just ordered a facet 60302 posi flow pump its 5-7 psi and 35gpm shoud work just fine for the old eco.  Its gonna be the wifes daily so I'm wiring it to a relay running off the fuel soloniod because i dont trust her to remember to turn it off.  I'll post pics when I get it all hooked up. I wont know before and after results though because I just dropped the eco into the original stock 1.6 na jetta.  Should be pretty sweet.  Oh the pump was 35 bucks shiped from spruce aviation.  Way better deal than the pos mr gasket pumps.  

You don't need any of that stuff to run your lift pump. There is already a switch 12v source you can tap power from...Its called the Fuel shut off solenoid! I am powering my Mr. Gasket diesel lift pump off of my FSS with out any problems! I also have my Lift pump mounted under the hood, behind the RF strut tower on a bracket that I welded up. They say it MUST be mounted close to the tank...luckily a mk2 GTI is pretty small, technically it is mounted close to the tank! 

[millertime]

How long have you been running that mr gasket..  I was going to use the soilinoid voltage just to power the relay.  I'm nervous about putting much added amp draw to that curcuit.  That way all that that circuit is running is the fuel soilonid and the relay and then i can run 12vs from the pattery to the relay into the lift pump. 

[R.O.R-2.0]

How long have you been running that mr gasket..  I was going to use the soilinoid voltage just to power the relay.  I'm nervous about putting much added amp draw to that curcuit.  That way all that that circuit is running is the fuel soilonid and the relay and then i can run 12vs from the pattery to the relay into the lift pump. 

ive used the power feed going to the shut off solenoid MANY TIMES..

its a PLENTY BIG ENOUGH circuit.. the solenoid is the ONLY thing it powers..

i would install i right near the tank.. i installed mine under my back seat..

ive just got a normal gasoline pump in my Jetta TD.. its worked great for a LONG TIME..

[GTiTDi]

How long have you been running that mr gasket..  I was going to use the soilinoid voltage just to power the relay.  I'm nervous about putting much added amp draw to that curcuit.  That way all that that circuit is running is the fuel soilonid and the relay and then i can run 12vs from the pattery to the relay into the lift pump. 

I haven't had any issues and nobody else running them that way has as far as I know. I had a complicated circuit like you wish to use before a well known guru told me better! 

[millertime]

That is awesome news.  I will defently do that.  I  have an after market fuel water seperator on a bracket just below the thank that the new pump will fit on.  Thanks for the input guys. 

[bbob203]

That is awesome news.  I will defently do that.  I  have an after market fuel water seperator on a bracket just below the thank that the new pump will fit on.  Thanks for the input guys. 

exactly where i was gonna mount mine. probably gonna pickup a mr gasket diesel unit from oreilly auto.

[R.O.R-2.0]

That is awesome news.  I will defently do that.  I  have an after market fuel water seperator on a bracket just below the thank that the new pump will fit on.  Thanks for the input guys. 

exactly where i was gonna mount mine. probably gonna pickup a mr gasket diesel unit from oreilly auto.

O'sh*ttys charges ALOT for the mr gasket diesel pump..

[bbob203]

That is awesome news.  I will defently do that.  I  have an after market fuel water seperator on a bracket just below the thank that the new pump will fit on.  Thanks for the input guys. 

exactly where i was gonna mount mine. probably gonna pickup a mr gasket diesel unit from oreilly auto.

O'sh*ttys charges ALOT for the mr gasket diesel pump..

I cant find a dzl one anywhere else except at diesel shop charging 100 dollars for one and having to order.

[millertime]

I had nothing but problems with my mr gasket.  I highly recomend facet pumps.  I run a bigger facet pump one on my 7.3 idi.  Its sold by an aircraft supplier wich i would assume means its good enough for something that defies gravity. 
Check out
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/eppages/solidstatepump.php?clickkey=7286

5-7 psi.  35 dollars and some change. 

[bbob203]

would a lower flow one be more ideal for a 1.6?

[millertime]

they also sell a 2-5 psi. some one mentioned that 5psi was ideal. 

[745 turbogreasel]

I have never found  even used gasoline pumps to have any trouble with diesel.  Sometimes they hang up if I leave veg in them.

[R.O.R-2.0]

I have never found  even used gasoline pumps to have any trouble with diesel.  Sometimes they hang up if I leave veg in them.

all ive ever used is gasoline pumps..

they work fine as long as your tank doesnt have a bunch of crap in it..

there is no MAGIC NUMBER as to what the pump likes to be fed..

tyler and giles proved that you can feed a pump with 150psi at the inlet, and it changes nothing..

[bbob203]

Facet posi flo arrived today! whats a good filter to run between it and the fuel tank it says in instructions one is required...