electric boost pump

[carl sutherland]

have a stewart warner boost pump just downstream of the primary racor fuel filter. noticed the other day that it didnt make the usual tic tic noise prior to start. checked the volts to it and that is ok. must be a bad pump. diesel motor runs fine anyway without it. where can i find a replacement pump, do i need it, is automotive ok, what is this little pump for anyway. also does anyone know if the fuel feed tube inside the tank has a strainer or mesh filter on the pick up, my yanmar seems to run differently in rough water, wouldn't say rough or missing but just has a very pronounced diesel ping to it in rough water and not smooth water. i suspect junk in a screen at tank bottom. final question here. am going to buy a dodger and build my own bimini. does anyone have an irwin citation 30 who could email me a picture of their bimini? i am interested in where is the best area to attatch the mounting hardware to the cockpit combing ie. top, or outside. thanks carl

 

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The electric pump is there for use to bleed the engine and should not be wired to run all the time. if you need to bleed turn it on and you have fuel pressure to work with. You should look at your filters. you may be picking up material or water in the tanks when its rough, but the filter should be catching it. It your filters are dirty chances are you have some sludge, alge or water in the tank. when you shake it up it injests some of it. this is typical and should be cause for concern. I cant remember if we put screen straiers on the pick up tubes, but i think we did. but if your pickup was resritcted it would not run in smooth water either..try blowing back thru it till you here some bubling then try it again. but if you have water or trash in the filter it may be time to clean the fuel tank.