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Re: [T3] Fuel pumps for carbs


Please stop sending this junk to me I don't know how you got my address but please
delete from your records!!!!Please!!!

Jim Adney wrote:

> On 18 Jul 2001, at 23:54, Dave Hall wrote:
>
> > With twin carbs and a flat engine and 34 mpg (imp), compared with the
> > upright engine Type 2 at about 25 mpg (imp) and higher rpm, I can't believe
> > the flow rate or pressure needs to be more in a Type 3 than a Type 2.  On a
> > steep uphill gradient, the fuel flows into the carbs under gravity (so don't
> > forget the electro-magnetic cut-off valves!).
>
> I've been told by someone who owned a dual carb type 3 many
> years ago that they got their car home without a fuel pump once
> just by bypassing the pump and keeping the tank more than half
> full.
>
> -
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> Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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