Jesus, how horrifying!

"The Transporter" (transporter) 05/15/2014 at 15:26 • Filed to: None

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I've had a pretty frustrating week. The brand new fuel pump that I had installed two months ago after !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! died on me. It was the expensive Bosch 044 fuel pump as well, so I was kind of pissed.

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Turns out that the fuel pump controller had gone bad and fried the pump, so I had to replace both. I asked the mechanic to give me the fuel pump so I could return it to Bosch for a refund. This is what I saw when I got it back:

That was on the inside of the tank! The good news is that while the wiring is shot, the actual pump itself still runs and I'm going to try to find a way to jerry rig it into the stock pump that replaced it.

505Turbeaux > The Transporter 05/15/2014 at 15:28

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if it makes you feel any better...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > The Transporter 05/15/2014 at 15:29

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Quick, call 60 Minutes! They won't end up proving anything, but they'll blow up a bunch of Miatas with fireworks, thus terrifying people away from owning them.

dinobot666 > The Transporter 05/15/2014 at 15:29

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British racing green Miata is paying homage to its British roots by having Lucas like wiring.

The Real Dacia Sandero > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/15/2014 at 15:33

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Bringing the value back down so us enthusiasts can afford 5 of them!

The Transporter > dinobot666 05/15/2014 at 15:36

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LOL

PS9 > The Transporter 05/15/2014 at 15:53

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The last transporter was able to raise an Audi from the bottom of a lake by moving the air in the tires (...which had no impact on the buoyancy of the car while inside the tires...somehow...) into giant orange bags, and then got in his previously submerged Audi, started it because water is compressible, and drove away as if it's gadgets were powered by space dust from a unicorn's butt crack instead of electricity.

And you can't get over a fuel pump. I saw we hire a new transporter. Wonder if the last one still needs some work.

EL_ULY > The Transporter 05/15/2014 at 15:56

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craaaap! that's not good

briannutter1 > The Transporter 05/15/2014 at 16:14

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Be careful buying these things too. Never off ebay etc. We've seen some copies that were nearly identical to original...only difference being the way they were differences at the seams and barely noticeable change in stamping

T5Killer > PS9 05/15/2014 at 16:17

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What the hell did I just watch?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > The Transporter 05/15/2014 at 23:01

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Sounds scary and all but there's not enough oxygen in the tank to ignite. When I was in tech school years ago one of my instructors had a ten gallon pail half filled with gasoline, and a book of matches. In order to demonstrate air/fuel ratios he lit a match and tossed it into the open pail of gas, right in the middle of class! Guess what? Nothing happened because liquid gasoline doesn't like to burn because there just isn't enough oxygen. I think a couple guys might have shat themselves.

OOh, and pumps are very rebuildable, shouldn't have to much trouble getting the two bad ones to make a good one.