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Offline MyMopar

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Problems with fuel system?
« on: May 03, 2007 - 08:08:34 AM »
So last year going to and coming back from Carlisle my car ran out of gas when the tank read 1/4 full.  Well I never really ran out of gas where the engine stopped, except for the 1 time when it quit as a rolled up to a gas pump  :faint:
So I learned that when I was close to 1/4 to stop for gas, it would take 9 gallons of gas everytime I stopped, and it was always 9 gallons.
Now after Carlisle I would take the car out but as the season went on I would have to fiddle and diddle and tune and do various thigns to have the car running right.  Toward the end of the season it wouldn't run hard and nothing I did fixed the problem.

Now fast forward to this past month (April) I dropped the gas tank and found that the outlet tube was siliconed in placed  :22yikes: not only that but the p/u was turned sideways which explained running out of gas.  Now if that wasn't bad enough there was a bunch of junk in the tank itself.  So after a good hour of cleaning it was all cleared out.  Then today after I finished bending some 3/8" line I took a look at the fuel filter.  I decided to open it up and see what's inside, this is what I found   :scared:

Do you think that this could have caused all my tuning problems and the engine falling flat on its face?  I can't wait to get this all back together now and take it for another drive (after tuning)  :burnout:
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Re: Problems with fuel system?
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2007 - 08:48:21 AM »
Hey I was wondering were I left that!  :roflsmiley:

Seriously tho... glad you got that crap outa' there!  :villagers:
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Re: Problems with fuel system?
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2007 - 12:09:15 PM »
what is that stuff?
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Offline fishn4cuda

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Re: Problems with fuel system?
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2007 - 12:19:01 PM »
So last year going to and coming back from Carlisle my car ran out of gas when the tank read 1/4 full.  Well I never really ran out of gas where the engine stopped, except for the 1 time when it quit as a rolled up to a gas pump  :faint:
So I learned that when I was close to 1/4 to stop for gas, it would take 9 gallons of gas everytime I stopped, and it was always 9 gallons.
Now after Carlisle I would take the car out but as the season went on I would have to fiddle and diddle and tune and do various thigns to have the car running right.  Toward the end of the season it wouldn't run hard and nothing I did fixed the problem.

Now fast forward to this past month (April) I dropped the gas tank and found that the outlet tube was siliconed in placed  :22yikes: not only that but the p/u was turned sideways which explained running out of gas.  Now if that wasn't bad enough there was a bunch of junk in the tank itself.  So after a good hour of cleaning it was all cleared out.  Then today after I finished bending some 3/8" line I took a look at the fuel filter.  I decided to open it up and see what's inside, this is what I found   :scared:

Do you think that this could have caused all my tuning problems and the engine falling flat on its face?  I can't wait to get this all back together now and take it for another drive (after tuning)  :burnout:

My 74 challenger has been acting the same way...Just recieved the new tank, fuel line and sending unit. Plan to change it the next few days.
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Offline pink panther

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Re: Problems with fuel system?
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2007 - 12:20:13 PM »
is it twigs and grass?
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Re: Problems with fuel system?
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2007 - 12:25:01 PM »
is it twigs and grass?
Bingo, it is some type of grass and the orange silicon used to secure the outlet tube on the sending unit.
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Offline MEK-Dangerfield

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Re: Problems with fuel system?
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2007 - 03:45:17 PM »
Glad you solved the problem, but...  :faint:  :faint:  :faint:  :scared:


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