fuel pump

Engine's liquid supplier

A fuel pump moves fuel from the tank to the engine in vehicles and other machinery.

In cars, the fuel pump maintains constant pressure to deliver gasoline or diesel to the fuel injection system or carburetor.

Electric fuel pumps sit inside the tank; mechanical ones mount on the engine.

The car wouldn't start—turned out to be a bad fuel pump.

automotive

gasoline

Refined petroleum vehicle fuel

tank · station · nozzle · filler · gauge · reserve · filter · sediment · priming · stalling

mechanism

impeller

Pump's spinning blade assembly

vane · piston · check valve · regulator · strainer · housing · relay · actuator · motor · coupling

flow

pressure

Force upon contact

transfer · volume · GPH · PSI · priming · cavitation · restriction · bypass · return line · feed

Categories
Opposites
fuel system function

fuel pumpfuel tank

Container for combustible liquid

gas tank · fuel filter · carburetor · fuel injector · fuel cap

fluid direction/action

fuel pumpdrain pump

Device expelling collected water

shutoff valve · check valve · bleed valve · sump pump · vacuum pump

Family

fuel, pump, pumps, pumped, fuels, pumping, hand pump, fueled, fueling

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G