05-10-2007, 09:42 AM
It's almost a gut cinch that you're getting air in the fuel line from someplace. Does the squeeze bulb feel soft when you first start pumping it? You can usually just kinda feel the air pumping out if it's getting air. If, on the other hand the bulb is fairly firm when squeezed it would indicate a fuel pump pooping out.
If the bulb is soft, take a look in the female end of the connection. There should be an o-ring quite a ways down inside it. If that o-ring isn't perfect it'll let air in. You could probably go to the closest NAPA store & get a replacement o-ring for mighty little cost. They aren't hard to change. Just pick the old one out, I take a fairly good sized safety pin & bend a very small 90 degree "hook" on it to fish the old ring out with. Then just push the new ring back into its groove with a small screwdriver or something like that. Be really careful not to damage it.
Good luck.
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If the bulb is soft, take a look in the female end of the connection. There should be an o-ring quite a ways down inside it. If that o-ring isn't perfect it'll let air in. You could probably go to the closest NAPA store & get a replacement o-ring for mighty little cost. They aren't hard to change. Just pick the old one out, I take a fairly good sized safety pin & bend a very small 90 degree "hook" on it to fish the old ring out with. Then just push the new ring back into its groove with a small screwdriver or something like that. Be really careful not to damage it.
Good luck.
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