maddox710 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 (edited) Just trying to help a friend out with his kit car. He's having trouble with what seems to be fuel starvation, he has a fairly nice setup on his Robin Hood kit car, with race tank swirl pot and 044. But it's seems to splutter Alot on heavy load acceleration, all the ignition system has been renewed so it's not that. Any ideas peeps? Edited May 8, 2015 by maddox710 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Flaminsam Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Does he have an In tank pump? The Bosch 044 needs to have a gravity feed from the swirl pot as it doesn't "suck" as such. Something like a walbro 255 in the tank to feed the swirl pot should do it. Then the 044 should have plenty of fuel supplied. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) Does he have an In tank pump? The Bosch 044 needs to have a gravity feed from the swirl pot as it doesn't "suck" as such. Something like a walbro 255 in the tank to feed the swirl pot should do it. Then the 044 should have plenty of fuel supplied.It's got a facet low pressure pump feeding it, cheers for the reply sam Edited May 9, 2015 by maddox710 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 No worries The low pressure pump may not have enough flow to feed the 044. A walbro or similar will help as it will be able to feed the swirl pot with enough fuel to allow the 044 to work properly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 He has a fuel filter before the Lp pump and non return valve on the return to tank, that won't effect it will it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 It shouldn't do depending on the filter itself. If the filter is designed to work on a pressurised system like a starlet one for instance then it's possible that the filter element has collapsed causing the fuel starvation. He may be better off just putting a filter after the 044 to the engine really. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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