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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hello- > > If I pull off the gas level sender, I can peek down inside there and see > > that the line for the pump inlet is ~1/4" higher than the bottom of the > > tank. Is this the abnormality? > > I may have exaggerated. I haven't looked in one lately, but I suspect that > yours is completely normal. Groovy. > > How big is this cup? Would I be able to see/notice it from the gas level > > sender hole? Or, would I only see the cup? > > >From memory, the cup is probably 5" dia by 6" tall. If you look sideways > down the hole you can easily see the edge sticking up toward you. Use a > flashlight. I'll check later tonight. Thanks! > > > In addition, I'm gonna guess > > > that you don't have any fuel return to your tank, so you don't get the > > "jet pump" scavenging action. > > > > Why not? I may have tossed the T3 engine and the D-Jet aside, but my T4 is > > FI'ed, too :-). > > Do you still have a fuel return line? That's what makes the "jet pump" work. But of course. And, it shoots a heckuva lot more fuel through than the 'lil D-Jet pump. > > I've pulled off the gas sender when I've "run out of gas" with some still > > left, and can see that the fuel level is right at the top of the output > > nipple, the one that's 1/4" or so above the bottom of the tank/cup/thing. > > My guess is that if you could see outside the cup you would see that there > is more fuel still out there, but this is hard to see, and 1-2 extra gallons > spread over the whole tank bottom wouldn't look like much. It would still be > more than 1/4" deep, however. This makes sense. If I had to guess the problem right now, I'd guess what you already pointed at: I missed a piece of crud when I cleaned it out, and the hole from the cup to the tank is mostly blocked. Thanks! Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.LNengineering.com ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>