Fuel line part leak, 1978 Dodge American Clipper

Yeah!
A 40' diesel pusher descending Lombard Street.

Older mechanical fuel pumps had a built in non return valve. Back when Tyrannosaurs roared, I was fitting Stewart Warner electric pumps to Winnebago's when the standard pumps threw in the towel on steep mountain passes.

**conjures up mental image of a motorhome on a steep San Francisco street, jacked up enough to level it**

Energize the WAYBACK machine...

It is a fuel solenoid. Early motorhomes had park-on-a-hill fuel drainback ithues. Some used a solenoid others a non-return valve. Moral: Avoid San Francisco.

It's not a "fuel injector", you have a carbureted engine.
It could be a number of things, I can't make it out in the video.
It could be an electric fuel pump, or a shut-off solenoid.
I doubt it is a fuel tank selector valve because it has pressure when you crank the motor, the tank selector wouid be before the pump - unless you have in-tank pumps.

I tried, but I just can't see the thing.

As Mr. Wizard said, degrease the part and send us another photo of it from different angles. I thought maybe a fuel line selector , but only see one line in and one line out.

Fuel flow sensor ?

got any after market guages in the RV ?

UPDATE, FIX:

So I ended up replacing the rubber tubing on the inlet and outlet... worked for sure.
I assume its like a 1978 electroc fuel injector... I cant find it anywhere lol. So i hope it works a while.

Thanks for everyones help!

http://imgur.com/a/2DStI

and this...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQuaayJNhew

Is it a fuel pump? If so then it has 2?
I guess this from this random video I found..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guadmHQNUQo

MrWizard wrote:
link works, do a copy then paste in browser, NOT search

to OP
the part has power wires, but its ODD looking...

Ok thank you so much for the reply so far, ill study it as I wait for more replies

Its ok to bypass it you think?

(I did a google search and cant find any part that looks like it)