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Subject:Re: 1985 1.9 Hesitation at higher RPM (kind of long)
From:Richard A Jones
Date:Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:27:56 -0600

> 1. New Fuel Tank
> 2. All new tank grommets, clamps, and hoses
> 3. Had to by bass the Pass side expansion tank (because it was broken) - so
> tank is venting only to the driver's side expansion tank

I put in a new tank, with grommets, etc, etc.  Still had
problems.  Turned out to be the grommets on top of the *expansion
tanks.*  They were decomposed and so any crud thrown up by
the wheels would come down in the tank, etc, etc.

This on an '81 air-cooled--probably similar.

Richard

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