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There are a lot of manufacturers of HID’s and there is wide range of Xenon HID’s are available for you to buy. Problem arises when you to go to the market or an online store and find hundreds of HID kit models and off course it is very difficult for anyone to choose a best quality economical HID kit for his vehicle. HID kits are different for each vehicle and also for each vehicle model, for example if you want to buy a HID light for your car, you must have to know about the make and model of your car as a kit of one make or model doesn’t fit for other makes.

As earlier stated that market is flooding with HID’s and now it is difficult for customer to decide what to buy and what will be best for his vehicle. A lot of models for HID’s are available and here I am sharing some good known and best of HID kits in the market for your vehicle.

McCulloch HID:

This HID kit is very different from a lot of kits available in the market. In McCulloch HID kit the bulbs are genuine McCulloch accompanied with IV generation ballasts. For easier installation bases can be molded easily for proper fitting. This HID kit is not designed to blind the traffic coming against you but will only gives you a brighter look of road. Along with traditional wiring, McCulloch HID kit provides a wiring harness that gives power to bulbs directly from battery. These kits and wirings are completely water proof and heat resistant. McCulloch kit is more expensive than other kits available in the market.

Xenon Depot HID:

The xenon Depot HID kit includes original Philips bulbs with slim Philips XLD 145 ballasts that provide perfection of performance to the user. Fitting of this kit is also easy as the bases can be easily molded for custom installation. Xenon Depot HID with all its equipment is also water and heat resistant. A xenon Depot lakes on cost as it is much expensive.

Helios HID:

Another famous name for HID light is Helios and the Helios HID’s are very well known in the market for their best quality and performance. Helios HID light contains 35W HID that is four times more brighter than that of standard halogen headlight. It has a much longer projection distance than other kits. The life of the bulbs of Helios bulbs is also four time longer than the ordinary HID bulbs. With its weather proof parts, Helios kit is best for performance and work nicely in any weather conditions. The bad thing about this is its cost, which is more than many others in the market.

Xtreme HID:

This xenon HID is manufactured with extreme quality Japanese parts and Xtreme HID is best option but is somehow costly than other kits. Xtreme xenon bulbs are calibrated with lasers for correct beam patterns and full performance. The ballasts of this kit are also water proof and heat resistant as all quality HID light. Xtreme kits are very famous in the US market. Cost is not reasonable in many cases for this.

ProLumen HID:

If you are looking for xenon kits that can survive in different weather conditions, here you have ProLumen kit is one of the best kits available in the market. Its bulbs are three times brighter than the traditional bulbs used in halogen headlights and you will get a clearer and brighter road to drive at night. The ProLumen gives you a safe drive at night with its bright 2 Xenon Bulbs, 2 powerful ballasts, 2 xenon igniters, 2 ballast brackets and a user manual that enhances that use and guides you during the each step of installation of this Xenon light. This has great features but also cost is high for this.

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Source by Malik Sajjad

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Tonka toy trucks have been around now for over 60 years, one main reason these toys are so popular is because of there strong build and durability.

Over the years Tonka have developed numerous different styles and sizes of trucks, all with the same build quality you would expect from a top manufacturer. This is an important consideration to parents when buying your child a toy, the last thing you want is for the toy to break after a few hours of rough play. The one big advantage you will get with the steel type Tonka toy is that some of them come with a lifetime guarantee, this shows the toy company is totally confident in the strength and build quality of there trucks.

One main reason children are attracted to the trucks are the actual size of the toy, plus the high quality paint finish these trucks have is very eye catching and replicates the real thing.They have managed to replicate the design of the workings of each truck they make, this makes the toys look as close to the real thing as possible. The cost of these trucks can be slightly more expensive than the competition due to the build quality, but this can be worth the expense in the long term as the toy truck when looked after will last for years. As for the cheaper versions you might have to buy two or three different toys a year to replace them once they have broken, this can work out to be even more expensive than the initial cost of a Tonka truck.

This type of toy truck is not only for children these days, there are numerous collectors around whom show great pride in their collection of Tonka trucks. If you are interested in becoming a collector of these toys then there is plenty of information online on how to start, there is an abundance of toy trucks out there so starting a collection should not be a problem.

So if you are looking for toys for your children that are built to last a long time and give them years of enjoyment playing with them, then you should check out the Tonka toy truck range available to buy today.

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Source by Mick Day

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By now must of us realize that our current jobs will be replaced by robots and/or artificial intelligence. Some of these systems will be better and more intelligent than humans, assuming of course humans are actually intelligent. These robots will work in our factories, agricultural sector, service and retail. They will work on Wall Street and Main Street and everywhere in the supply chain between. They will work in your home, drive your care, write your emails, blog posts, and do your tweets, so you may as well get used to going to the beach.

There was an interesting article on AI posted to the Fortune Magazine website on February 6, 2017 title: “How Powerful AI Technology Can Lead to Unforeseen Disasters,” by Jonathan Vanian which stated:

“Smaller decisions that robots make on their own can cause trouble because human programmers may fail to take all of a robot’s possible choices into account,” and “This is not the robot apocalypse, what we’re seeing here are robots pursuing human-generated goals in unconstrained ways,” and, “Having a basic understanding of ethics can help technologists better understand the potential ramifications of the AI-powered software and robotics they are creating, he explained.”

The professors of artificial intelligent robotics noted these challenges but didn’t go into the potential problems, after all many are not foreseen, however let me take a quick stab at it. Unrestrained robots giving merely goals to fulfill, such as grabbing something from the warehouse, and delivering it pre-packaged to the fulfillment center’s outgoing, truck load area or even onto the truck could get quite interesting.

What if the warehouse robots start fighting over jobs, attacking each other to be the robot that can deliver the item? What if the robots form gangs to guard areas of the warehouse from other robots then go to war with each other to fulfill the orders issued? What if they grab the products or materials from other robots damaging the products?

What if groups of robots block rows making the other robots go farther around running down their batteries, and then shut off the power to other robots being charged? What if they keep robots from the docking station or pull half charged robots away so their groups can charge instead? What if robots break other robots then put their parts into boxes to be shipped out – what happened to half of the robots, did they get downsized or right-sized?

Think all this is just too crazy to be believable? Many might agree, even artists think they cannot be replace, but one Google Search of artistic robots will give you an awakening. But, of course, as stated above not all will be perfect, there will be a crazy transition period, one which will prove critics right and technologists correct as well. We live in interesting times, so good luck on that.

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Source by Lance Winslow

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Getting goods from A to B is hard enough. Finding the right way to carry those goods is another headache. Once, we loaded and unloaded goods item by item – those were the days when labour was cheap. Then the Second World War came. This mother of many inventions brought us the wooden pallet. This, combined with a fork lift truck, enabled goods to be moved quickly and with less labour.

Wooden Pallets

The wooden pallet was a great idea. So good was the idea that it is still going strong to this day. However, things have changed. Pallet pooling can be an expensive business. Rental and purchase costs have risen to reflect the increase in timber costs and the extra burden of fumigation and quality control.

Escalating fuel costs have taken their toll on the inevitable dedicated trips that are made to repatriate empty pallets when imbalances occur in the supply chain. These fuel costs – and driver shortages – have also forced an examination of the space and weight taken up by the ubiquitous pallet.

The pallet is a bit like the air that we breathe. It is all around us yet we don’t see it. It is easy to forget the extra cost that the pallet adds to the value chain. Perhaps now the time has come when, in some eyes, the pallet has outstayed its welcome. Rather than being the carrier, is the pallet itself being carried by the value chain? Rather than wait for another world war, a ready solution has been found and is tried and tested. That is the Slip Sheet.

Enter the Slip Sheet

Slip sheets have been around for some time, especially in the

U.S. where the free market has always had the knack of taking the path of least resistance. European countries tend to prefer centrally planned systems and standardization. Slip sheets lack firmly agreed international standards and this may be one of the reasons why they have not been popular in Europe. The greatest reason is ignorance. Many simply have no understanding of slip sheets and how they work – so they don’t bother.

So perhaps it’s time to right this wrong here and now.

How Slip Sheets Work

1. Slip sheets are durable sheets of material that are designed to carry a uniform load of goods with plan dimensions (or “footprint”) of roughly 1 metre square/40 inches square (typically they may be designed to carry a footprint of 40 inches x 48 inches – 1m x 1.2m). The slip sheet is made to these dimensions plus a pull tab – an extension to the sheet – of up to 6 inches/15cm. There may be just one pull tab sticking out from under the load on one side. There could, however be pull tabs on 2, 3 or all 4 sides. Slip sheets can be made of

fibreboard or plastic.

2. Goods are loaded directly onto the slip sheet within the creases that border any pull tabs. A push-pull attachment on a forklift truck is used to drag the load onto the truck by gripping (one of) the pull tab(s). The push-pull attachment has very flat ground-level forks that are designed to go under the

slip sheet whilst it is under load

3. To unload, the forklift truck pushes the load, complete with slip sheet off of itself and withdraws

Pros and Cons

Slip sheets are not the panacea to all distribution needs. For one thing, all parties in any supply chain will need to invest in the push-pull attachments, which are not cheap. The staff training that will be required, especially for forklift truck operators, can also be expensive. Perhaps the greatest factor, though, is the uniformity of the load itself. This exposes the slip sheet’s greatest advantage – and greatest disadvantage. Slip sheets may not be able to cope when boxes are awkwardly shaped or where there is a mixed load of different shapes. Conversely, if a company is shipping out large quantities of the same sized box, then slip sheets are ideal. As such, slip sheets lend themselves to operations further upstream of the supply chain. As loads are broken down further downstream, then pallets may be more appropriate. The good thing is that loads of slip sheets can be easily transferred to pallets. A good example of the advantages of using slip sheets is where parts for goods are manufactured and shipped through a long distance sea route. The space and weight saving can result in a significant financial boost for the value chain.

Co-operative Value Chains

Another great factor in all this is uniformity of slip sheet systems. All parties in the supply chain need to be using the same specification of slip sheet and ensure that all staff are fully trained to ensure delivered loads are configured correctly for the receiving party. This requires value chains that are highly co-operative, or, to be realistic, it requires a value chain that has one dominant party who will simply dictate their requirements. The U.S. has pioneered slip sheets and has used them for many years. However, the dominance of the supermarket sector in some European countries may be forcing the change there also. The ability of large supermarkets to influence their supply chains means that they are in a position to take a strategic view of the benefits that slip sheets can bring. They are in a position to arrange for both senders and receivers to be ready to handle products on slip sheets. Things are changing. Perhaps the pallet industry is about to get a jolt.

Watch this space. There are tremendous savings to be made and significant environmental benefits to be gained. Full conversion to slip sheets for any supply chain is not going to happen, but a partial conversion for particular product lines is not only desirable, but inevitable – even in Europe.

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Source by Vernon Stent

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If you want to create the perfect pinstriping designs on any vehicle you need to make sure that the brushes you use have been well cared for. In this article we offer some tips on how to care for pinstriping brushes so that they won’t have to be replaced any time soon.

1. The glue used to hold the bristles of the pinstriping brushes to the handle are water soluble and if exposed to water too much then it will become softened. Because of this the hairs will eventually become loose and start to fall out so avoid cleaning them in water if you can.

To clean the brush it is far better if you use a mineral spirit instead. It is best to initially rinse the brushes in the minerals spirits you have been using for cleaning the pallet whilst you are pinstriping. Although the cup in which the spirits is may look unusable remember you are using this to get most of the paint out of the brush.

After you have rinsed in the used spirits now to get rid of even more of the paint wipe the brush with a paper towel. Then having poured some fresh mineral spirits into another cup or jar you will be able to wash the rest of the paint out from it. Remember don’t just to wash the hairs of the brushes in the spirits but also the furrel as well.

You will recognize that your brush is thoroughly clean because no more paint will appear on the fresh paper towel you have used. After you are happy that the pinstriping brushes have been thoroughly cleaned you squeeze a small amount of 3 in 1 oil on to it and then shape it with your fingers. Using the oil prevents any oil that remains not to become and hardened and which could ultimately ruin the brush.

2. Although you may find it difficult to handle the brushes initially you should never be tempted to trim them. Sometimes however there may be a need to remove a small amount of the brushes tip but b before you do so you need to look closely at your pinstriping brush first. If you then decide to trim off any of the hairs then do so very carefully.

When trimming it is crucial that you oil the brush first as this will help it form the natural shape and then lay the brush flat on a sheet of paper or some other white surface. Doing this you will then see just what needs to be trimmed and very carefully using a sharp razor blade trim only the smallest amounts of the brushes hair as you need to from the tip. If you take off too much hair this will make the tip of the brush blunt and it won’t be able to create those perfect pinstripes for you.

3. If you find that your brushes begin to develop kinks or waves in them then you should find this problem relatively easy to fix. To remove these kinks or waves you first need to rinse any pinstriping brushes thoroughly in the mineral spirits and then rinse them very carefully in water. However, you must make sure that the furrel into which the hairs are set does not get wet and then dab the brushes on a paper towel to help remove as much water as possible.

After removing as much of the excess water as you can now add a little dish soap to the hairs and then shape the brush using your fingers. If the problem isn’t too severe then lay the pinstriping brushes flat, but if it is then put it between the pages of a book which will help to press it flat. You need to leave the brushes like this for around a week then after this time rinse the soap out with mineral spirits and hopefully its original shape will have been restored.

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Source by Steve Murray

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Northern Irish plates are different to those in the rest of the British Isles. And they have one incredibly useful advantage – they are considered dateless. There is no letter in any series to indicate years.

The format of Irish plates is typically 2 or 3 letters followed by up to 4 digits and unlike the English, Welsh and Scottish plates, the letters I and Z can be used.

If at one time, the Northern Ireland number plates were considered ‘the poor relation’, they can not be considered like that any more. With dateless plates increasing in demand and the ease of which you can create name plates, some Northern Irish plates have become investment plates.

At the same time, however, they do allow a lot of people join the personalised plate ladder. Lots of younger drivers want to personalise their plate as much as they personalise their car and having a Northern Irish plate allows them to do that. With prices starting from as low as £50, they are a very real option to get a cheap personalised plate.

Northern Ireland is divided up into eight separate licensing areas. They are:

• Belfast which issued the ‘_AZ’ and ‘IFZ’ registrations (e.g., BAZ, DAZ)
• Enniskillen which issued ‘_IL’, ‘IIG’ currently issuing ‘KIG’ (e.g., GIL, BIL)
• Downpatrick which issued ‘_BZ’ and currently issuing ‘SJZ’ (e.g., ABZ)
• Ballymena which issued ‘_KZ’ and currently issuing ‘DRZ’ (e.g., UKZ)
• Coleraine which issued ‘_NZ’ and currently issuing ‘RNZ’ (e.g., LNZ)
• Londonderry which issued ‘_UI’ and currently issuing ‘TUI’ (e.g., OUI)
• Omagh which issued ‘_JI’, ‘_HZ’ and currently issuing OHZ (e.g., PJI, CHZ)
• Armagh which issued ‘_IB’ and currently issuing ‘CXZ (e.g., GIB, RIB)

Clever use of names

The most sought after plates are those dateless plates that spell out names or nicknames. Because Northern Irish plates use ‘I’ and ‘Z’, there is room or scope to spell out names.

Here are a few to get you thinking:

• Barry (BAZ)
• Gary (GAZ)
• Katherine (KAZ)
• Catherine (CAZ)
• Darren (DAZ)
• Raza (RAZ)
• Sarah (SAZ)
• Jeremy (JEZ)
• Terry (TEZ)
• JIL (Jill)
• GIL (Gillian)
• PJI (Patrick James or Peter Joseph)

And while the Northern Irish plates have formats and words that suit names, they also work well with interests.

Here’s a few more to get you thinking:

• Show your love of France or your French nationality – OUI
• If you have a Mercedes, feel free to use – MBZ
• If you have a Volkswagen, car, you can use – VIW
• Show your passion for the Welsh when you use – WLZ
• Display your nationality with pride with – UKZ

So in summary, you can use a personalised Northern Irish number plate to:

• Hide the age of your vehicle
• Get a cheaper personalised number plate
• Display your name
• Show your nationality.

When thinking about a personalised number plate, Northern Irish number plates should be top of your list.

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Source by Jayne Henry

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Everybody is talking about the process of powder coating automotive parts. Powder coating has grown in popularity over the past few years for a number of reasons. How many of us see powder coating being used on shows like “American Chopper” or “Overhaulin'”? The general public knows from watching these shows that powder coating is out there. But what is powder coating and how exactly is it done? Anybody know?

Preparation is imperative in achieving a quality finish. The item being coated must be completely bare of any paint, dirt, oil, or any other substance. To achieve this, sandblasting equipment is used. If it is not possible to use this equipment, it must be done with chemicals or by hand. The items are then baked to remove any moisture from the metal. After all materials have been stripped off, the item is treated with a degreasing solution to help prevent corrosion.

Powder coating is a process by which selected items are coated with a fine powder of ground resin and pigment, which is basically ground up paint particles that form a powder-like substance. The items being coated are placed on a rack, which grounds the items. A gun is used to spray the powder onto the items. A large oven is then used to heat and cure the coating. Temperatures used to cure the items typically are between 400 and 450 degrees. Heating the items makes the pigments melt, gel, and then cure to form a durable finish. The finished product is a uniform coating. Powder coating can be used on steel, zinc, and aluminum as well as other materials. The quality of the finished product has the ability to outlast and outperform painted parts. A variety of up to a few hundred different colors are available to choose from. It also exceeds paint in resisting acids, solvents, impact, and abrasions.

Powder coating can be used to coat items such as valve covers, wheels, bumpers, trim parts, engine parts, sway bars, coil springs, strut bars, and many items in between. There are many options as to who does the powder coating for you. There are companies in most metropolitan areas that either exclusively powder coat or companies that offer it along with their other services. Online companies also play into the equation with a number offering services as well. There are normally two systems for purchasing powder coated parts. For popular parts, companies may stock core parts available to be coated in a variety of colors. You order the part and ship yours back for a core. For more custom jobs, you must remove the part and ship it to the powder coater. Companies such as Eastwood also sell do-it-yourself kits. These kits start at $99 and you can use an electric oven or toaster oven to bake and cure the finish. An air compressor capable of a 5-10 PSI output is also required.

So the next time you hear about powder coating on TV or anywhere else, you will now have an idea of how that actual process is performed. Powder coating is superior to normal painting if you want a finish that holds up better and lasts longer. Check it out today!!

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Source by Jason Helferich

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The scope and nature of technology has done great advancements and the GPS tracking system is one of them. The tracking device is touted to be the best, most driver-oriented automated device and fascinating, containing the electronic detailed road map, turning out as a boon for all of them who are on roads, especially when they are uncertain of a particular terrain as the GPS system is filled with accurate and essential information about the land marks, speed limits, alternate routes, distance readings, road routes, memory back-tracking and many other features to let the automobile owner how to get anywhere.

Suppose that for some reasons you want to get rid of the GPS system which is installed in your vehicle to track your movements. The GPS device is designed and installed in the vehicle which could be a car, truck or motorcycle to keep a track record of your position in space in spite of your actual location. The process takes only few minutes to show the current and actual existing location. Thus, mostly people prefer to get relieve from it.

Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to disable the GPS system of a vehicle. It is needed to be completely removed from the vehicle; it is a magnetic device box which is located elsewhere in the vehicle and is exceptionally complicated to find.

Now, the vehicle manufacturers are making such vehicles which have an in-built GPS system. This helps to retain the owner with a peace of mind that their car is secure and safe, and they can keep a check through the track record in a time of less than few minutes. The GPS system is useful in providing the information regarding the vehicle’s whereabouts to the owner who is sitting elsewhere.

Once you get to locate the GPS device which is installed in your vehicle, you can simply diffuse it by pulling out the fuse from the vehicle, but the device is mostly installed at an unknown place in the vehicle and is not easy to locate. Sometime the device is hidden and cannot be shutoff.

To disable the GPS device in the vehicle, you can get a GPS device signal tracking jammer. It is a small gadget which emits signal that jams any of the GPS devices with a radius of 5meters. This will be preventing the unit from transmitting the data, making you disappeared to those who are observing you.

You may need to purchase the GPS defense device to disable the tracking. The name of device is GPS Tracker Defense. Even though, it is extremely hard to find the device in United States, but it is easily available in United Kingdom. By year 2009, it was priced approx $200 and was available from spywarehouse.co.uk.

You only need to install the device in your vehicle. It will start working immediately to prevent any of the GPS tracking units attached to your cell phone or vehicle from transmitting the signals to the satellite. This will help you become invisible effectively. The navigation system in the vehicle will also be disabled.

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Source by Sarah Aslam

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Hubcaps are fun to look at. There are so many different shapes and finishes to play with it would make your head spin. Now the fun part is based solely on you. When you find the set of hubcaps that is calling your name there is no denying the instant attraction. But is it all about looks and do you really need hubcaps?

The first question is who needs hubcaps? The easy answer is every driver who tries to stay within his or her budget. Some people love the look of flashy rims but others want the best of both worlds, the look of rims without the high price tag. Online car accessory retailers love people cater to people who are financially responsible but who won’t sacrifice an ounce of their personal style.

A great set of hubcaps can make an unmistakable fashion statement and can make any car stand out in a crowd. Some people go for the chrome while others prefer the sleek almost scary black hubcaps that look like they were birthed from the darkest part of the ocean. Some designs are simple and understated for the business professional, while others look like they want to transform before your very eyes and are perfect for the bold and daring. Still others prefer the classic chrome in modern shapes. Other abstract or free form designs seem as though they were fashioned with alien technology and sensibilities. In any case the tastes represented are wide and varied.

In the case of hubcaps size actually matters, in fact, it’s extremely important. After you figure out the style or look your want to give your ride its vital to get the correct measurement of the hubcap you will need. At this point most people will want to bring out the measuring tape and line it up against the round tire but this is a mistake. The only way to find out the size of your wheel cover is to verify the size of your tires. If you check the sides of your tire you will see a long code that ends in the letter “R” and another number. So if you see, for example, a code ending in R14 it means that you need 14″ hubcaps for your car. The code R15 corresponds to 15″, R16 corresponds to 16″ and so on.

Online retailers now offer the largest variety of sizes imaginable so you can get even the elusive 13″ hubcaps for your car. What’s more they come in many finishes and materials. Although many car buffs may have a preference for chrome, chrome and more chrome all over their cars, others may fall in love with the modern look of the sleek black hubcaps that are growing in popularity. So don’t hold back you can express yourself with any look you want without breaking the bank.

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Source by Kent Clarke

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Fuel pump is one of the most important components in a vehicle’s fuel delivery system. If it is doing well, fuel delivery system functions normally. But, once it fails, the car engine ceases to run. However, the failure and the inconvenience it causes can be prevented by identifying the early warning signs.

In this article, we will discuss the common causes of fuel pump failure and its warning signs.

Causes of failure: There are more than a couple of causes for its failure. They are as follows:

• Broken wiring: Broken or faulty wiring in the vehicle’s fuel system prevents the current flow to the fuel pump from the relay. Even the corroded, loose, melted or burnt wires/connectors, and poor electrical grounding can restrict the current or voltage flow from the relay to the fuel pump, thus, affecting its functioning – pumping fuel to the engine.

• Problems in the fuel tank: Presence of dust/debris, rust or dirty fuel in tank can result in its malfunctioning. During cool and humid weather, when the tank is low, it gets moist leading to the oxidation of the tank and formation of rust. As it is located inside the tank, the rust will be ingested in to the fuel pump, bringing about its failure.

• Clogged fuel filter: Usage of dirty fuel or presence of contaminants in the tank can clog the pickup strainer or filters present in the fuel lines. This results in low pressure and low peak flow of fuel that weaken its functioning.

Clogged filters are generally associated with damaged fuel line connectors/splits or cracked hoses or kinked fuel lines that lead to leakage of fuel. These cracks or leaks on the fuel lines can create vacuum leaks, which disturb the air-fuel ratio, thus, making the engine run lean.

• Driving with low fuel level: Its durability depends on the lubrication and the cooling provided by the fuel. Running your vehicle on a low gas tank frequently, may heat up the fuel tank much quicker, ultimately overheating the fuel pump. As a result, due to the lack of lubrication, it becomes dry and gets damaged.

Identifying a bad fuel pump: It shows many warning signs, which when identified at the right time, will avoid complete damage. A few warning signs are quite clearly evident if thoroughly checked – broken hoses, fuel leaks, discolored electrical terminals, burnt or bubbled plastic at the fuse, etc.

There are a few other warning signs that are displayed by the vehicle itself. They are as follows:

• Strange whining sounds: One of the early as well as the clear signs of failing fuel pump is the development of a high pitched screeching sound, when the engine is first engaged. However, the sound will slowly disappear after some time. Moreover, the sound is not the same for every vehicle. It may vary based on the type. An early inspection, after the development of such strange sounds will help save it from further damage.

• Engine misfires: A failing fuel pump may cause engine misfires that in turn will cause the car to jerk occasionally. Engine misfires may happen quite often, most probably 3-4 times, and later the vehicle may run smoothly for many miles. This sign translates to the wearing out of the fuel pump, because it is unable to maintain a steady fuel pressure.

• Problem in starting and accelerating: A failing or dead fuel pump may also prevent the engine from starting. If you are sure that the starter and the battery of your vehicle are good, and still you are facing a starting problem, then it is the sign of faulty relay. As already stated, faulty wiring harness can result in improper power supply to the fuel pump, thus, resulting in sluggish acceleration and starting troubles.

• Extended engine cranking time: In order to cool down the components of the fuel tank, maximum amount of fuel sent to the engine will be returned to the fuel tank. An anti-drain back valve in the outlet aids in this fuel returning process. Whenever the fuel pump stops functioning, the valve gets closed preventing the fuel from running back into the fuel tank. This condition can be identified by the extended cranking time while starting the vehicle.

• Engine loses power: This sign of engine losing power can be typically seen when the vehicle is running at high speeds, especially when climbing hills. If you are sure that there is nothing wrong with the fuel filter, it is safe to assume that it is failing.

On identifying the above issues in your fuel delivery system, it is better advised to get your vehicle checked by a good technician, who will further diagnose the issues by conducting fuel pressure and volume tests (through fuel pressure gauge), and the electrical checks (through digital volt & ohm meter). It is only after these tests, should you decide as to replace or fix your fuel pump.

Timely repairs or replacement will help you to solve the issues quickly. However, while replacing the fuel pump it is always better to opt for the best quality aftermarket products, offered by reputed dealers, to get more durable and better performing products.

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Source by Nate Rodnay