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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.
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>tabe johnson/87 westy
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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.