Electric Holley Blue pump getting warm

[Gator]

I am running a Holley electric blue pump and I recently was experiencing fuel problems in which I think I have solved it but I do have a question. When trouble shooting my fuel pump I noticed that it was warm, not on the area where the lines enter and exit but the body where all the enternal parts are. I took a temperature reading in this area with my surface pyrometer and it registered between 85-95 degrees. Is this normal? I have been running this same set up for years and never had the need to touch this pump to see if it was warm. I checked the complete system from the pump to the carb, including the filter and it was all in good shape with no kinks or blockage. I thought that my pump was bad so I replaced it with a new on along with a new regulator and it too gets a little warm so I am thinking that this is normal. What are your guys thoughts on this...

 

[nm9stheham]

It has an electric motor or a transistor operated shuttle, depending on the design, so the electric parts are gonna produce some heat. 85-95 does not sound bad at all.

 

[Bad Sport]

It has an electric motor or a transistor operated shuttle, depending on the design, so the electric parts are gonna produce some heat. 85-95 does not sound bad at all.

Agreed, any electrical motor gets warm.

 

[Fisher]

This is why you are not supposed to dead head an electric fuel pump, in Theory anyway. The return line helps to cool the pump.

 

[Gator]

Thats what I had thought. Thanks for the feed back guys...