[GMCnet] Trouble on the road [message #257773] |
Mon, 04 August 2014 13:41 |
Brian Haley
Messages: 6 Registered: April 2014
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Thanks everyone for the postings on this thread. Since my last post I have
continued to have problems that seem heat related making me suspect vapor
lock in spite of the electric fuel pump I installed after the fuel tank
solenoid. I removed the inline fuel filter I put in next to the carburetor
which seems to have improved fuel flow a bit. I am considering re-routing
my fuel line around the mechanical fuel pump altogether to avoid the engine
heat created there.
Any thoughts about the wisdom of this idea or other possible vapor
lock road fixes?
Thanks -
Brian
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Re: [GMCnet] Trouble on the road [message #257779 is a reply to message #257773] |
Mon, 04 August 2014 14:44 |
appie
Messages: 902 Registered: April 2013 Location: denmark
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Brian Are you sure you are getting enough fuel ? maybe blocked lines?
Did you try a aux petrol tank, like on the drivers seat ?
Appie
eleganza 76 "Olga" now sadly sold
6 wheel discbrake
Quadrabags
Springfield stage 2 462 olds
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Fulltiming in Europe july 2014 til july 2016
Denmark
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Re: [GMCnet] Trouble on the road [message #257786 is a reply to message #257773] |
Mon, 04 August 2014 15:14 |
roy1
Messages: 2126 Registered: July 2004 Location: Minden nevada
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Brian Haley wrote on Mon, 04 August 2014 11:41Thanks everyone for the postings on this thread. Since my last post I have
continued to have problems that seem heat related making me suspect vapor
lock in spite of the electric fuel pump I installed after the fuel tank
solenoid. I removed the inline fuel filter I put in next to the carburetor
which seems to have improved fuel flow a bit. I am considering re-routing
my fuel line around the mechanical fuel pump altogether to avoid the engine
heat created there.
Any thoughts about the wisdom of this idea or other possible vapor
lock road fixes?
Thanks -
Brian
If you had an external filter next to the carb it is likely best you removed it. I would leave the factory filter in the carb as a final trap to catch any crap in the lines. The primary filter should be before the electric pump. I prefer doing away with the change over valve and using a separate pump for each tank mounted near the tanks outside the frame rails. I did away with the mechanical pump and ran the fuel line up the rear of the engine with the line insulated in the area of the engine. This seems to have helped the vapor lock problems but I have been too busy this summer to check it extensively.
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