[Public-List] A4 Engine puzzler

[Michael Connolly]

Gord, 

Remove the selector valve and check to be certain that there is full flow in both positions. 

Michael 



----- Original Message -----


From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> 
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> 
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 3:37:47 PM 
Subject: Re: [Public-List] A4 Engine puzzler 

I thought of that... Tank 2 is a new PVC tank. 


On 18/08/13 2:21 PM, "Glenn" <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> wrote: 

> 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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