diesel drill pump?

[aquaplane]

Leaving the impeller in kerosene for 3 hours had no noticable effect on it. It was nice and slippy when I put it back in the pump housing too.
I still had difficulty priming it, I had to put it on the tap to flood it. It did pump better than I remembered when I got it going though.

 

[bikedaft]

Leaving the impeller in kerosene for 3 hours had no noticable effect on it. It was nice and slippy when I put it back in the pump housing too.
I still had difficulty priming it, I had to put it on the tap to flood it. It did pump better than I remembered when I got it going though.

thanks for doing that. helpful replies thanks everyone

 

[Chris_Robb]

thanks for all your help

have ordered one of these, and will report back if it melts/i explode/forget to put fuel return line on etc

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolfcraft-W...ef=sr_1_3?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1318796157&sr=1-3

not sure if its ok for diesel but its cheap enough to try. will be visiting poundland next

One further thing - you need a fast drill - 3000 rpm, useless on a cordless drill, and may explain another posters difficulty in priming.

 

[Chris_Robb]

Leaving the impeller in kerosene for 3 hours had no noticable effect on it. It was nice and slippy when I put it back in the pump housing too.
I still had difficulty priming it, I had to put it on the tap to flood it. It did pump better than I remembered when I got it going though.

They need to run at some 3000 rpm. I could not prime one running slower.

 

[kmahmut]

Many years have passed, but I faced the same problem last year. The information given was very useful for me. Today, more advanced systems are available. I solved this more easily than in those years.