Re: Re: [T3] 71 Square dying

[Tim Dapper <tdapper@phoenixdsl.com>]

How about as the tank nears empty?  Don't get me wrong, I do not advocate dropping anything in a gas tank as a prank.  Better to stick to pebbles in the hub caps.

Tim Dapper

> 
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> Subject: Re: Re: [T3] 71 Square dying
> 
> On 23 Aug 00, at 12:09, Tim Dapper wrote:
> 
> > The t3's are supposed to have a screen at the pick up tube in the
> > gas tank.  If missing, the ping pong ball can follow the vortex
> > down and be sucked onto the top of the pick up tube, interrupting
> > the gas flow. 
> 
> There's not enough flow to create such a vortex. On FI type 3s you 
> can look down in the tank with the engine running and see a slight 
> interruption of the surface from the return flow, but nothing from the 
> delivery line. On carbed cars I don't think you would ever see 
> anything.
> 
> This sounds like urban myth to me.
> 
> 
> -
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
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