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Subject:Re: Start-Stop Syndrome Returns [addt'l-addt'l info]
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:07:39 -0700

if you havn't checked in the fuel filters for a good while,
that would be a good idea.
empty each one out backwards onto a clean dish ..
and examime what is  in them.
I find dirt particles, rust particles, shiny tiny metal bits, and water
sometimes.
blow through each one to see if it's restricted very much.
if very restricted, replace.

did you do the fuel quantity delivery test yet ?

On 8/18/2012 1:37 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> Weird.
>
> "Where does Mellow Yellow keep its fuel filter(s)? Normal candidates are
> small square one before and/or very large cylindrical one after."
>
> Reading from the fuel tank aftwards, I see
>
> Boxy USA/Canada filter > fuel pump > larger Cali filter > to ring line.
>
> Bentley doesn't show two filters as an option, just one or t'other.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 08/18/2012 11:14 AM, David Beierl wrote:
>> At 12:33 PM 8/18/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>> asked whether the fuel pump had been buzzing when the engine was acting
>>> wonky. I cannot say with any certainty whether I noticed that -- engine
>>> noise and road noise, windows down -- but at some point on the trip I
>>> did hear a not-loud but audible buzzing sound from behind.
>>
>> This would tend to indicate a problem on the suction side of the pump.
>> Where does Mellow Yellow keep its fuel filter(s)? Normal candidates are
>> small square one before and/or very large cylindrical one after. If the
>> one before gets clogged it will cause cavitation, likewise if the tank
>> inlet is obstructed.
>>
>> Yrs,
>> d
>