[T2] Fwd: Fwd: Power loss in 4th

[Jack Dinan]

Oh sorry. I wasn’t clear. The engine is not running. To make sure, I pull the ignition cable that connects the distributor to the coil. 

I direct the hose that ordinarily carries fuel from the fuel pump to the carb(s) into the jar. 

I’m sitting at the engine with a remote starter cranking the engine and watching the flow into the jar. I have done this so often that I even made a little jig to hold the far so it doesn’t tip over.



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> From: Chuck & Connie <chuckconnie at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [T2] Fwd: Power loss in 4th
> Date: October 21, 2015 at 8:13:56 PM EDT
> To: Jack Dinan <jdinan at cox.net>
> 
> I'm going to ask a real dumb question so ready?
> How does the thing stay running with no fuel flowing into the carb and into a glass jar and no I am not being a SA. I really don't understand.
> Thanksl
> 
> On 10/21/2015 7:45 PM, Jack Dinan wrote:
>> I’ll second this approach. I do this routinely on vintage VWs that run erratically. The flow rate is given in Bentley. If one uses a glass jar, one can get a good look at the liquid that your carbs see. In several cases, what flowed into the jar from my engines was troubling, to say the least. There was a lot of sediment and occasionally a two-phase mixture. Both times I ended up pulling the gas tank.  The bottom was a pile of rust, flakes, and other particulates. Usually, the sock mesh filter had disintegrated and all this junk was flowing right into the carbs.
>> 
>> I ended up refurbishing the tank. This is a tedious process, but absolutely necessary to restore operation of my engines.
>> 
>> Well worth a try, I say.
>> 
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>>> From: Martin Strandgard <mnstra at unimelb.edu.au>
>>> Subject: Re: [T2] Power loss in 4th
>>> Date: October 21, 2015 at 5:42:04 PM EDT
>>> To: "type2 at type2.com" <type2 at type2.com>
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>>> Have you tried disconnecting the fuel hose from the carb and running it into a container to check the flow rate? It would be interesting to see what happened when you revved it up.
>>> 
>>> Martin.
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