Re: [T3] Weird fuel line splitter thingamajig

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

We had this happen in about 1965 on a 1500S; it partially filled up
a cylinder when parked nose up on a steep slope with full tank.
Fortunately my father didn't try bump-starting when the starter
couldn't turn the engine over, but dropped it back out of the drive
onto level road.  After standing a while, it started no trouble.
The service manager later showed him a bent con-rod caused when
someone else had tried bump-starting in this situation.

The twin carbs up to July 64 don't appear to have the cut-off valve.
I understood they brought in the idle cut-off valve after that to
stop it, but maybe the special fuel valve (listed for all 1500S twin
carb engines) was a quick solution.  Interesting.

The PHN32 single carb appears to have the idle cut-off valve from
the start; it's in the carb top, suggesting it cuts the fuel off.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
www.hallvw.clara.net/
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: 01 December 1998 00:34
Subject: Re: [T3] Weird fuel line splitter thingamajig


On 28 Nov 98, at 20:29, Bruce McCallum wrote:

>When then fuel lines comes into the engine
> compartment my fuel line would go into a 2 inch round T splitter.
snip
As I understand it, they were supposed to keep gas from flowing thru
the carbs of a parked car and filling up 1 cylinder.  Installing a
good float valve seems like a much easier solution.  Apparently the
problem arises because in our cars, the gas tank is higher than the
carbs.  So in a emergency, you don't even need a fuel pump if your
tank is more than 1/4 full.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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