Adding a little alcohol to me helps some too.

Snicker.

On 8/10/03 4:28 AM, "John Rodgers" <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

> Adding a little alcohol will speed drying in any case. Worth doing in my
> opinion.'
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> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
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> Eric and Marica wrote:
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>> HI everyone.
>>
>> To recap, I have an 80 Westie (Rusty):
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>> 1) My fuel pump started buzzing and engine started bogging badly.
>> 2) Optimistically changed my fuel filter (which was full of crap) - No
>> change - still buzzing, still bogging.
>> 3) Changed my fuel pump. Did a diagnostic first (on  the bench) and the
>> old one was not pushing 500mL in 30 seconds so in went a new one.
>> 4) New one buzzed as well.
>> 5) $#%!!@#!!!!!
>> 6) pulled off the fuel line from the tank (Passenger side rear). Fuel
>> barely dripped out. Blasted compressed air up the tube and Voila! Good,
>> solid flow. Reconnected (realizing I really hadn't solved the root
>> problem) and the pump ceased buzzing and the van ceased bogging. Whee.
>> 7) 2 days later, same buzzing problem, intermittent bogging but now
>> drivable. I have since blasted air up the outlet tube a couple of times.
>> 8) Did I mention that some S.O.B. wrote off my other vehicle in a hit
>> and run and this was my only wheels? I have since (yesterday in fact)
>> purchased a 94 Pathfinder but we are still planning to take 'Rusty'
>> through northern BC to Prince Rupert, up to the Queen Charlottes (that's
>> Haida Gwaii to you Canucks on the list!), back down to Vancouver Island,
>> Tofino, Victoria, Vancouver and home to Edmonton, leaving on the 25th
>> ish.  Pressure is on to fix this! I am not bringing my compressor with
>> us!
>> 9) So today I dropped the tank and it's on my bench. It's in REALLY good
>> shape (inside and out) so I pawed through the stack of receipts that
>> came with it and it was just replaced 3 years ago.
>>
>> My question(s):
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>> 1) if there is (as I suspect) foreign material in the tank, I can't see
>> it by sloshing what little gas that's in it around.  Would it be
>> incredibly stupid to rinse the tank out (in fact FILL it) with water and
>> try to get whatever out? I could let it sun for several days and even
>> help it dry out with a small fan.
>> 2) Does anyone have any idea of the routing of tubes IN the tank itself?
>> I can see one going from the DS rear outlet to a vinyl fitting in the
>> centre but I can't see anything leading from the PS outlet that seems to
>> keep having the fuel restriction. I was briefly tempted to try rooting
>> it with a hanger but thought better as the tank seems to have some kind
>> of coating on the inside and I thought that making a scratch in it would
>> hasten it's rusting out.
>> 3) I have in my brief time on the list heard that someone has fuel
>> supply rebuild 'kits' that include all of the tank fittings (and
>> hopefully the condenser tank grommets as well) - could someone point me
>> to that person and any idea how long delivery typically is? As I said, I
>> need this puppy road worthy in 2 weeks and next Saturday it HAS to go
>> back together so I can get it in to Darsh for a pre-trip look over. I
>> did suss out the individual parts with VW but really don't want to
>> remortgage my house.
>> 4) does it seem that working on this part of the van makes you feel both
>> woozy and giddy at the same time? Gotta love sniffing gas. Whee!
>>
>> Thanks everyone, I hope your weather is as nice as ours.
>>
>> - Eric
>> 80 Westie ' Rusty'
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