Recieved some great feedback from a customer who has fitted a Deatschwerks universal fuel pump to his Mk1 Ford Focus RS.
” Over the past year the fueling of my car was all over the place and I couldnt get to the bottom of the problem. I was chatting with my Technician and he suggested that i should check the fuel tank for metallic swarf. So I removed the tank and took out the swirl pot and sure enough I did indeed discover some metallic swarf.
I contacted Paul Dolan with CoordSport and he sold me a Deatschwerks universal fuel pump which arrived very quickly to me in Northern Ireland the next day. The fuel pump is slightly bigger than the standard ford pump, so i set about modifying the housing with the help of Paul and Pete the Technician I have now achieved setup that works just as well as the OE does.”
Please note : the modification made was fitting a tee-piece and modify the shoulders of the pump and cut off where the fuel hose sits on top. The Tee-piece and the extra two brackcts are not supplied with the kit
“OE Blue top pump in swirl pot. ”
” Deatschwerks fuel pump sitting in swirl pot,as you can see there is a height difference. ”
” Inside of lid.”
” Had to modify where the shoulders of the pump sit and cut off where the fuel hose sits on top.”
“Ford have the main feed going back into the swirlpot for some reason, I ran it just going straight to the engine but had pick up problems. You can see the small plastic pipe which then goes into the swirlpot. The pipe that it goes onto can be seen in the 1st and 2nd pics. The swirl pot clearly needs the extra feed, to avoid the pump sucking the swirl pot dry.
” i used a tee-piece and fitted that and it all runs sweet now, with no pick up problems, even with the fuel gauge needle below the empty mark. ”
Deatschwerks Universal fuel pump available at :: www.part-box.com
Original blog with pictures can be seen at :: www.rsownersclub.co.uk
Genuine Ford replacement fuel pump filter available at :: www.part-box.com
