

| Subject: | Re: Tank Replacement due to clogged screen -- why bother? |
| From: | Larry Alofs |
| Date: | Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:20:47 -0500 |
Tabe Johnson wrote: >If your problem is fuel starvation due to a clogged screen, >why not blow backwards through the fuel outlet line while >siphonning out the fuel in the tank? Hopefully the fuel will >contain much of the rust particles in suspension. > > >tabe johnson/87 westy > > > I've never had much luck getting a siphoning hose into my '91. When I had the tank out recently I discovered that the end of the filler tube has a little ball-in-a-cage device. I'm not sure if it is meant to stop hoses or close the filler in case of a roll-over. Larry A.
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