maybe the large canister after the fuel pump is another filter.

dan

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:36:16 -0700, J. Harvey <jtharvey2@HOTMAIL.COM>
wrote:

>I bought a 1981 Westfalia today.  10 blocks from the previous owners home
it
>started to run out of gas.  5 blocks later I coasted into a gas station
>barely sputtering on fumes and had 10 gallons pumped in.  Now the van
won't
>run.  It will start and idle for 1.5 seconds and then it put-puts like it
is
>running on one cylinder and then dies.
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>What gives?  At first I thought sediment had clogged the fuel filter,
nope.
>I replaced that with no luck.  Could the fuel pump have burned up while it
>ran dry for less than 2 minutes?  What's the large canister that sits
after
>the fuel pump?  There's definately no obstruction between the tank and
>pump....I got a shower.
>
>Here's another one.  The tank was bone dry when I added $20 of gas.  The
>tank only took $18.50  (~9 gallons) and then proceeded to leak.  ?
>
>Any help would be great.  -John
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