[Public-List] A4 Engine puzzler

[Gordon Laco]

I'll check that now


On 18/08/13 2:33 PM, "Bill Boyle" <wpb1210 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Another possibility is the fuel vent for tank 2 is blocked.
 
Bill B
129

> 

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> 

Sounds like the pickup tube in your second tank has corroded through,
> causing a break in the fuel suction. 

Glenn B
dolce 318

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On Aug 18, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
> wrote:

> Hi Gang,
> 
> I hope you¹re all out sailing.... I stole Friday
> afternoon and yesterday to
> do a quick overnighter up the coast.  Had a
> wonderful trip.
> 
> This afternoon I¹ve been making a determined assault on
> the annoying issue
> SURPRISE¹s engine has;  namely it¹s dislike of running
> while the fuel
> selector is set to Tank 2.
> 
> It runs fine on Tank 1, but
> when the selector is set to 2 it runs for only a
> few minutes then cuts out
> and won¹t restart.   When I put the selector back
> to Tank 1, it starts again
> after a lot of cranking...but at first only with
> the choke on (it gets over
> that quickly).
> 
> When it stalls while running on tank 2, here¹s fuel in the
> fuel filter, so I
> think it¹s getting gas.   If the carb were getting
> blocked, it wouldn¹t
> start again on either tank without a carb cleaning job,
> but it doesn¹t need
> that.
> 
> When the problem first manifested, it was
> stalling on either tank, but after
> I¹d followed Don Moyer¹s advice and
> retightened all fuel line hose clamps,
> the problem was resolved with regard
> to 1, but the issue still exists with
> 2.
> 
> It¹s occurred to me that there
> could be water in the fuel in 2; so I¹ve been
> putting fuel line antifreeze
> in to absorb it.... But it occurs to me that if
> contaminated fuel were the
> issue, I¹d have to clean the carb before it would
> run again and so long as I
> switch to 2 that doesn¹t happen.
> 
> The weird thing is it ran quite happily
> on either for many years before this
> started happening last season.
> 
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Gord #426 Surprise
>
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