This is interesting......could they have been bad when they were stored 7 years ago?

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Totally full of oil as in submerged is the absolute best storage long term. That is as long as it is a straight mechanical injection pump in my opinion.

Fill it and cap off the openings first so nothing can soak off the external casing and land up inside the pump. These pumps may have been sitting around dry before Roys friend got them. I preffer pumps still installed and with connections attached. Still as trhey were when shut down basically.

I would not risk an an old pull dry stored injection pump off of ebay for example.

Yes it is always a possibility.

All of these came off good Running engines that where sold to repair shops.

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