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Subject:Re: Subject: Re: Fuel issue: died on freeway
From:Chris S
Date:Wed, 4 Oct 2017 06:39:10 -0400

Decent borescopes are cheap these days. Could use one to check an empty tank. 

Chris

Dnia 02.10.2017 o godz. 23:08 KI4TLF <ki4tlf@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):

> Mine ended up being the screen in the fuel tank, '84 GL Tin top.
> 
> To verify it, I took the gas cap off, then blew compressed air at low
> pressure back through the fuel line.  That fixed it long enough for me to
> order and get one in.  When I turned the old one over something that smelled
> like gas, but looked like mud with chunks of rust came out.
> 
> GregM
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Cunegonde
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2017 6:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Fuel issue: died on freeway
> 
> Thank you Neil! No wonder Cunegonde might be clogged up - there is the tank
> fuelpipe, the pre-pump white box filter, a screen in the pump inlet and also
> the post-pump filter...
> That's four opportunities for clogging from a 34 y/o gas tank.
> 
> Will let you all know what I find when I get underneath. And if that fixes
> the fuel starvation issue. =

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