Technical Loss of power

[bugsymike]

That comment about half a tank rings bells in my distant past but I cant summon the thought yet... Split fuel pickup pipe ij the tank?

In the old days occasionally a steel pick up tube would rust through so once fuel level dropped it would suck air even with half a tank full. More so with steel tanks where the pick up pipe was separate.
Rusty tanks were quite common, I recall a Mk3 Ford Zephyr I had that I tried to blow the fuel line back to the tank and forgot to remove the filler cap, the whole of the bottom of the tank went porous and petrol flooded out, fortunately spares from scrapyard were still available for that model in those days.

 

[Communicator]

That's good news, it may be worth putting some Biocide additive in the fuel tank when you top up in case any bugs in it, they love old diesel.
Now who said this? "Someone on another thread recently had a blocked filter gauze on fuel tank pick up in the fuel tank which restricted fuel flow ."

My memory may suffer from being older than than yours. However suggests a small piece of rubber sheet adrift in the tank, which partially blocked the gauze at times of high fuel demand.

 

[bugsymike]

My memory may suffer from being older than than yours. However suggests a small piece of rubber sheet adrift in the tank, which partially blocked the gauze at times of high fuel demand.

I believe this was a more recent camper van thread, unless my "old timers disease" is speeding up.

 

[The Panda Nut]

If we call allre member half of what we have all forgotten we would be able to solve part of every issue.


At times. with luck! LOL