Re: [T3] FI Fuel Tank "size"

["Shad Laws" <shad@lnengineering.com>]

<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


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