[Ducati] Fuel Pump

[Ronald Betts]

If your in the habit of letting you Duc run out of gas , nine times out of 
ten , the fuel pump is fried. The fuel pump is lubricated with the fuel it 
is immersed in. I cant tell you how many times I have had to replace in tank 
fuel pumps on cars. Usually with a full tank of gas as the owner thinks he 
is out of gas and fills the tank only to find "It wont run!" Then I got to 
drain and drop a tank.



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!





>From: Rich Roberts <bigredxrunner at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>Subject: Re: [Ducati] Fuel Pump
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:53:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Charles though I agree wholeheartedly that this is often the cause I have 
>also found that dielectric grease applied to this connector may not 
>actually help much and may actually hurt as strange as that may sound. I 
>have had fuel pump issues and diagnosed problem in one case to bad fuel 
>pump and later to the connector and after cleaning removed dielectric 
>compound and it has not been a problem since. Though I have not done 
>anything else to clean up connector other than spraying with parts cleaner 
>and drying and working it, it is in a bad place on 996R, heat and crud can 
>get to this connector easy enough, I suspect fix is to protect connector 
>better???? Seems on later bikes this connector is as much of a problem as 
>the starter relay connector was on old 916. Rich
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: zagato at comcast.net
>To: John Young <byoung93888 at msn.com>
>Cc: ducati at ducati.net
>Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:13:14 AM
>Subject: [Ducati] Fuel Pump
>
>
>John Wrote:
> >the fuel pump doesn't seem to energize as there is no noise from it when 
>the
> >switch is turned.
>
>
>   It could be, and often is, a dirty / corroded  connector in the
>wiring harness.  Carefully scrape the inside of all female connectors
>by hand, using a drill bit or micro file. Polish the male part, and
>coat both with dielectric grease.  Simply unplugging and re-plugging
>the connectors is not sufficient for a fix.  While you are at it,
>clean and grease all grounds and power connections  (Battery & starter).
>
>Charles
>
>
>
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