Petrol Pipes

[daftbadger@hotmail.com]

Hey guys,

Was just wondering if anyone can tell me which way round the petrol pipes are that come from the tank at the front of the car. When i took out the petrol pump / sender unit from my rover i stupidly didin't label which one was the petrol feed and which one was the return pipe. It doesn't seem to say anywhere in the haynes manual.

I was going to try putting a little petrol in the tank and running the pump into a container but i thought i'd just ask first! I'm at the stage where i'm ready to try and start the engine in place and so i don't want to get these the wrong way round.

Thanks very much!

[limpabit]

What donor is your's and engine size?

[daftbadger@hotmail.com]

Hi,
Its at the petrol tank end I need to know. My engine is a 1400 K-series
but its all identical to the standard 1600 K with the ordinary pump and
sender unit inside the Marlin tank. Two pipes come out both pointing
to the passenger side - question is "which is which" which one squirts
petrol out? and which gets the "vapour" return??
Many thanks,
Andy.

[holgate86]

If you look closely the pipes are different diameter, the feed is larger bore. The return line is not vapour by the way, it's neat fuel!.

best regards

Brian

[daftbadger@hotmail.com]

Thanks very much, Brian - that solves my problem, so hopefully I'll
get the engine running soon.