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Re: [T3] How to keep motor running w/out gas tank


In a message dated 10/31/1998 10:24:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
TOASTEDT3@aol.com writes:

<<  If worse comes to worse
 and the gas tank is out of the car for an extended period of time, is there
 some way we can keep the motor in "running condition" through some sort of
 auxillary tank?  Is it as simple as sticking the fuel lines into a big gas
can
 and letting the fuel pump do its thing?  Thanks in advance!! >>

Matt and Katie

That should be all you need to do. Just be careful about spilling gas. I used
a similar procedure many years back. I was given a 70 Beetle that had been
sitting for 4 years  and in order to get all the old gas out I just opened the
deck lid and pulled the gas tank off of my motorcycle, set it on top of the
deck lid and ran a hose directly to the carb and let gravity do the rest while
the fuel pump pumped all the old bad gas out of the gas tank. In case you're
wondering all I had to do to get it started was charge the battery and it
fired right up! Aren't Volkswagens great cars?

David
71 Squareback

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