Re: [T3] Fuel Question

["Nico teWinkel" <ntewinkel@yahoo.com>]

Not a guru, but I'll tell you my story anyway :)

Number one - you need a well ventilated area, no smoking, no fires, take all
the usual precautions - this is flammable and explosive stuff. Use these
instructions at own risk.

Gas tank needs to be empty. I drained mine into a jerry-can (you know, the
usual specially-approved-for-gasoline type of container) by pulling one of
the hoses off the fuel filter. In case you're wondering - I used that gas to
mow my lawn that year :)  Don't feed it to the fishies, that's just not
socially acceptable.

I took the gas tank out, but I don't think that's necessary if you can get
to the things from underneath. But it did make things a lot easier for all
the stuff I was doing.

Basically, there's a big nut at the bottom of the tank. Take the fuel hoses
off, unscrew that big nut with a big wrench, and viola - there's the screen.
I cleaned mine off, it seemed fine other than being full of rusty bits. I
think you can buy replacement screens too.

If you have old fuel lines, this will be a good time to replace all those
too (at least the ones at the front). Costs about 10 bucks, and you've
already jumped the biggest hurdle by emptying the gastank. I just cut the
new pieces to be the same length as the old ones and replaced them one by
one - it's a bit of a puzzle otherwise, so make sure you don't pull them all
off at once or you'll wonder how it all goes back together later.

And if you're really energetic, you could get into checking (and possibly
replacing) brake lines, master cylinder, steering damper, etc while you have
the gastank out and everything is in easy range.

Then when it's all back together and you have clean gas in there, you may
have to turn the key on and off a bunch of times to prime the system.

Cheers,
-Nico
1971 Fasty

----- Original Message -----
From: Keegan Ferrando <moz@echoweb.net>
>         With all of this talk about fuel problems and cleaning the fuel
tank
> screen I am wondering if I should do this. I have a 69 squareback with FI
> and to my knowledge I dont think this has ever been cleaned. If this needs
> to be done how do I go about it ?? I would appreciate and feedback from
all
> you guru's out there !




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