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Fuel pump failure on a generator?
It's a gas-powered 2-cylinder generator on a mid90s Ford E350 RV/van. We've been trying to figure out why it won't start. If I spray starting fluid in, it'll start, and I removed the metal fuel line going into the carb and tried starting it -- the fuel didn't flow out. I checked the wiring going to the pump, and it came out to 8.54v. Is this too low for the low-pressure pump to work? The rubber fuel line going to the intake on the pump is fine.
8.54 is low, where does that power come from? a relay on the generator. The relay may be bad but the pump may have fried it. Disconnect the fuel line like you did and supply full 12v to the pump and see if you get fuel. Careful with fuel and sparks, a little gas makes a lot of fire!
This is how we rock - diesel generator converted to run on waste veggie oil.
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Cash for clunkers, what happens to the traded in vehicles? How about exporting them? They are newer than some?
It seems that the vehicles traded in through this "cash for clunkers" program is the end of the line for their engine. Why? There are countries using older cars with presumably worse pollution rates AND less efficient miles per gallon. Destroying is a waste of the effort put into the car. Somebody else could use it even though it is not up to top efficiency standards. Disassembling parts and recycling the metal seems a last step in reusing materials. At the very least, their engines could be used for gasoline/diesel generators, yes? by the way, which standards of pollution or amount of fuel per ~load of electricity generated do generators live up to? Are there laws governing generators?
I believe that they are pouring acid into the engines to render them inoperative and tearing up the title.
Personally, I think they should convert the ones in reasonable shape to electric vehicles. EV conversions need a donor car which ideally is in good shape but does not have a functional engine, since they are rendering the engine non-functional, some of these clunkers might be ideal donor vehicles for EV conversions.
Of course, removing the clunkers from circulation increases the demand for new vehicles hence stimulates the economy.
Cash for Clunkers is about politics and economics not about being environmentally friendly.
