very noisey mgb gt fuel pump

[andrew tolley]

just purchased a 1967 mgb gt mk1, the fuel pump looks like its new and appears to be rubber mounted, the problem is it sounds like a machine gun inside and outside of the car, its very lound, i know that they make a clicking sound but this one seems to lound, any ideas, thinking of fitted a electronic modern pump.
andrew.

[Mucus]

Mine's the same! I replaced it a few years ago with a more reliable solid state job. You do get used to it after a while but if it's too noisy try reseating it on a different rubber mounting.

[andrew tolley]

ok thanks, i will take another look at it tomorrow to see if i can mount it with better rubber bushes.
andrew.

[wildoliver]

leave well alone, a working su fuel pump should never be fiddled with, they are noisy, you grow to like the sound as it is a brilliant way of telling if you have run out of fuel, if the pump is working, if you have a fuel leak, and dozens of other diagnostics tests by ear.

You do get used to it.

[andrew tolley]

ok thanks for that, just wondered if it was ok.

[Poledriver]

They are generally noisy, but I have had problems in the past with air leaking into the fuel line before the pump, this makes it even noisier!

[wildoliver]

Well it doesn't make it noiser, but it does make it run faster hence more noise.