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Actually, it's grubbing you. A lot of things had to happen for those to make it to the fuel pump. Even if someone poured them in your gas tank, your tank sock should have stopped them.
That is the weirdest thing I have ever seen. The fuel line had to be opened for them to get in there and likely no fuel had been flowing through the pump prior to you finding them or it would have killed them.
Engine always started right up, ran fine (a little tired), but fine.
pump not off engine since i’ve Had it(two years).
Did replace the tank and sender, but that was a one day deal.
reassembled and reinstalled, no fuel— guess it’s time for a new pump?
No need to drop the tank. A borescope down the filler neck will verify if you are OK or not. A two-minute check-out. Never heard of or seen this....I like the idea of eggs being laid in the pump on the shelf...or even if it sat on the engine with no fuel lines attached for some length of time. Bizarre, and not a sight easily unseen. Yech!
Fuel pump delivery was low.
pulled it apart—— found these:
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I'm not surprised on a car of that age. It is, no doubt, a side effect of those J.C. Whitney 'Burmese Gas Snakes' they used to sell way back then. You can see the principle of how they work; reduce fuel pressure to increase fuel mileage.
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