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Re: The fastback makes the long journey to the house


Jake,
	Maybe it didn't split unit there was pressure on them? Just a
thought.
Tom
'68 FB (Thumper)
'70 Bug

On Fri, 03 Apr 1998 00:10:16 -0500 Jake Kooser <jake_k@ibm.net> writes:
>   Hey gang, I went down to Homestead and picked up my fastback today.
>I didn't recieve the gas tank kit from Eastwood yet, but I stopped at
>the body shop and picked up the gas tank from the squareback on the 
>way
>down there.  Clever me, thinking "I've got a clean gas tank, I'll just
>use it until the kit arrives".  Tank, tools, and 5-gallon can of gas 
>in
>trunk, Vince (other roommate) and I head off to retrieve the prize.
>Stopped on the way to get some fuel line, just in case.  Put the tank 
>in
>with the fuel line we just got, dumped the gas in - no problem.  Had 
>to
>jump start the car - battery seemed okay, red & green lights on, fuel
>pump on, relays clicking like they should, but starter wouldn't work.
>It fired right up with jumpers on, and we let it warm up for about 10
>minutes before we headed out.  The DPO said "it's got a rusty tank, 
>I've
>got to change the fuel filter about every 30 miles or so".  That's a
>direct quote, and very important to the rest of this story.  We made 
>it
>about 10 miles up the road (vince's speedo said 12) and I'm heading up
>this small hill when the car just starts running like crap.  I barely
>make it over the hill and pull over to the side to see what's up.
>Checked everything I could think of on the injection - cleaned the
>throttle valve switch, checked the manifold pressure sensor, checked 
>and
>distributor and fuel injector points, did crude timing and points
>adjustments, checked air cleaner, scratched head, thought, looked, 
>wiped
>grease off of, all to no avail.  Never questioned fuel supply, just
>delivery, when Vince recommends pulling a fuel line off and checking
>pressure.  Pulled the hose off #4 injector in the loop, and gas just
>kind of dribbled out, like glug,,,,glug,,,,glug.  I put all the hoses
>back in order, thinking that the fuel pressure was somehow wayyyy low.
>When I started trying to adjust the fuel pressure regulator, I noticed
>that there was only one hose, the one from the injector loop on it.  I
>found the outlet (back to the tank, for you non-FI types) buried 
>behind
>the front (FIF) engine tin, split wide open, but fortunately with a 
>hose
>clamp still on it.  Vince split for gas, I fixed the hoses, and we 
>sped
>off for home after putting our second 5 gallons in the tank.  I made 
>it
>about another 14 miles or so, when I smelled gas again.  I didn't 
>think
>that the hose had split again, but drove the last few blocks to the
>house very aware of the new smell.  When I got there, I found that one
>of the hoses in the return circuit below the tank had split open along
>the way.  I started replacing the hoses tonight, and will finish in 
>the
>morning.
>   What really amazes me out of this, is I didn't smell any gas during
>the first 10 miles, when it should have been just pouring out of that
>open line.  Any thoughts?  Here's another good one, how many fuel
>filters did the PO replace, thinking it was a filter problem?
>Hmmmm......
>
>Jake Kooser
>
>

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