tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
Re: Re: YJ FUEL CELL BEHIND SEAT....now a pump issue...need advice
FWIW....I'm using a walbro GSL 392 inline pump on my vortec 350.
FWIW....I'm using a walbro GSL 392 inline pump on my vortec 350.
rpf500 said:Less than 2 tanks of gas and tank is leaking at the seam. Will call Rci Tuesday I guess. If they give me a new 1, going to add a pickup while its out this time. Anyone making their own or walbro worth it?
Jduck said:Yeah buy you have to go thru the hassel of a fuel cell leaking gas everywhere. I had 2161 in my buggy and it busted at the seam, will never run one again. If it were me I'd go with that plastic one from jegs, you'll just have to add a fitting for a return line.
Jduck said:Quoted myself just so I could be the ass that said told ya so Hopefully they'll get you set up with another one....just so it can do the same thing :****:
RustyC said:I run a very similar setup in my Jeep. RCI cell, external pump. I did drill the side of the cell about 3/4" or so off the bottom. Installed a bulkhead fitting, pic below. On the inside I flared some hardline and ran it to the center of the cell as a pickup.
Outside the cell I run about a foot of hose to an in line screen then the pump then the fuel filter.
External pumps do not like to be restricted on the inlet side at all. I do not like to make the pump pull fuel uphill or through a filter then pump it.
An in line screen will keep the pine straw and lizards out of your pump and it will be happy.
A filter after the pump will keep your injectors happy.
If you find yourself needing a pump, I would seriously suggest going to an in tank setup. They just work better and last.
Most of all >>>Airtex<<< pumps are junk. :****:
Have anymore pics of how you set up the inside pickups?
For guys that have had luck with the RCI tanks......how do you have them mounted? Straps, trailworthy brackets, artec brackets, homemade, ect??
rpf500 said:MINE IS ON THE RAIL TOO. NEAR WHERE THE FACTORY FILTER MOUNTS. I SAW PEOPLE ALSO SAY PUMPS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO "PULL".
IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHICH PUMP IS. REALLY DON'T WANT TO CUT A HOLE IN THIS TANK AND PUT THE FACTORY PUMP IN IT.
I THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO PUT PUMP UNDER THE TANK ON THE CROSS RAIL HOPING IT BEING CLOSER TO TANK, THUS LESS FUEL TO "SUCK" A DISTANCE MIGHT HELP BUT THAT'S A WASTE IF THIS IS IN FACT THE WRONG PUMP.
5BrothersFabrication said:I have no useful info or even a horse in this race, but I just have to add- I felt like you were yelling at us. :****:
rpf500 said:I wasn't. This was an old post before I got my "smartphone" figured out. It was either all CAPS or Every First Letter Capitalized. I picked caps.
Junedog, any links or pics of this round tank you speak of?
JohnG said:The answer is to use straps over the tank to hold it down. Do not use the tabs they provide on the corners.
June dog said:That's how mine is installed. The newer tanks don't have the tabs from the factory anymore.