| Testing the Reserve Fuel [message #87895] |
Wed, 09 June 2010 22:46  |
Larry C
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Registered: July 2004
Location: NE Illinois by the Illino...
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Having thought most of the bad problems were gone last year, a new one has come to light.
The coach has been in the drive over Winter. She was driven there directly from the Mechanic. A lot of running had been done in the effert to find and fix the power loss problem.
I ran her a week ago and noticed she had trouble holding a good idle speed after warming up. I shut her down.
The other day I tried to start her and only had sputtering and then just cranking.
As I knew the fuel was low, I pressed the RESERVE button but to no avail, just cranking. I even put gas in the bowl in the carborator to help. She ran for a sec or two then down again.
I began assuming she was out of gas but the RESERVE should have supplied some fuel, about 25 miles I think it is, but this save did not happen.
I put 4 gallons of gas in and she started to run again.
The fickle finger is pointing at a bad reserve.....
Can the reserve wall fail in the tank? anyone ever hear of this or maybe the valve could fail?? I can hear the valve clicking when the switch is hit...
Or maybe the main/res valve is not working?? can that be when I can clearly hear the click of the solenoid???
If I were to pull gas line to the gas pump, how would I prove one or the other is working?
As always, any ideas are appreciated....
LarC ( Thinking the Reserve barrier may have come loose inside the tank making the RESERVE supply a memory )
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