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On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 19:41, Toby Erkson wrote: > How? I have one of those cheap fuel filters in the engine compartment > so I can see if there's fuel in the system (the REAL filter is up > front). The viewing filter is normally dry after a week or so. I don't > smell gas in the oil. This happened with my old carbs and with the > newer ones I'm currently borrowing. Both sets of carbs are Dell 40mm. > > I don't know what pump I have. It's the bolt-together unit. Here's a > picture of it installed: > http://www.icbm.org/erkson/personal/engine-2005.jpg > If you follow the fuel line from the pump upward you'll see my viewing > filter (which is very clean, BTW). > > Yeah, I'm a little puzzled as to what's going on...À? > Get rid of the filter in the engine compartment. That is just a volumn that the pump has to fill after the engine has been sitting. That is an anti-syphon pump. But does it have the T-1 or T-3 spring in it. Someplace I saw where you can tell by the color of the spring. Your carbs should not drain while sitting. There should be enough gas in them to get the car started. Unless they have awful small float bowls. And a good battery should crank your engine long enough to refill them. 3-5 minutes of cranking. 100amps crank current x 600 amp battery. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~