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Jim Adney wrote: > I think this is most likely to be due to the fact that the old gas > >has dried up a bit and left some deposits which have "gummed up the >works" a bit. Fresh gas will have more of the light volatile >components and may be more likely to loosen up the deposits which are >holding you up, but persisting with the old gas will likely do as >well. In any case, the best solution is to make sure the gas tank is >sealed so that evaporation is minimized. > > > Well, the tank was as sealed as it could reasonably be. At any rate, the plan is to empty out the tank completely and give it a good once over internally- and hey, the fuel will get recycled. Waste not, want not... especially at these prices! >If the fuel ring is empty, I'd say it takes 10-15 seconds for it to >fill completely. You should be able to hear air bubbling up inside >the gas tank as it is chased out of the ring by the gas. Once the >bubbles stop you know that the ring is full. This won't fill the >injectors, but on 70-73 cars depressing the gas pedal a few times >while the pump is running will also bleed the injectors enough that >the engine will start on the first few revolutions. > > > Hmm. I didn't listen for the bubbling. I didn't know about hitting the pedal while cycling the key- but yeah, that makes total sense. That explains she fired up a little better while I tapped the accelerator pedal when it was *starting* to catch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~