[T2] Powerless 1800 cc

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years ago I had a similar problem, drove me nuts for about 6 months.
turned out to be a pinhole leak in the vacuum side of the fuel line. when 
things were cold it was tight as a drum but as the engine compartment got 
warm the rubber softened up enough it started sucking air thru the hole.
   replaced the fuel lines and problem was solved.
     just a thought and suggestion. fuel line is cheap

Bob

On Thu, 19 Apr 2018, Al Brase wrote:

> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:53:36 -0500
> From: Al Brase <alribee at gmail.com>
> To: John Sheldon <sheldon67 at verizon.net>
> Cc: Type 2 <type2 at type2.com>
> Subject: Re: [T2] Powerless 1800 cc
> 
> Definitely fuel starvation. I think there may be a screen insied the stock
> pump. Under a brass nut or a cover.
> No carb is gonna work without fuel.
> Al
>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:41 AM, John Sheldon <sheldon67 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Ron;
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> I should have mentioned that as part of the troubleshooting of this
>> problem, I had the tank replaced about 6 months ago.  I thought that it
>> helped but then again, I did not drive it much over the winter.
>>
>> I also replaced the filter at the same time.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The Bus Depot [mailto:type2 at busdepot.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 10:24 AM
>> To: type2 at type2.com
>> Cc: 'John Sheldon'
>> Subject: RE: [T2] Powerless 1800 cc
>>
>>> Now, after warming up and running for about 30 minutes, I lose power
>> while
>>> at speed (55 mph).  When I pull to the side, engine will idle fine after
>>> re-starting.  Then, when trying to accelerate, it loses power immediately
>>> down to the point that it wants to sputter out.  Re-starting occurs
>> again -
>>> nice idle then no power when accelerating, etc.
>>
>> Here is, perhaps, another possibility, although I've only run into it on
>> fuel injected Buses - rust and debris in the gas tank which eventually
>> worked its way to the orifice at the bottom of the tank due to suction and
>> gravity while driving. It clogged the orifice, allowing enough fuel past it
>> for the Bus to idle, but not enough to run the engine under load, so it
>> would bog down or stall. You pull over, the fuel pump stops pulling and
>> everything sloshes around a bit and the debris dislodge, and after a while
>> everything works fine until it happens again. I've had this happen on a
>> couple of Buses and ended up having to pull the tank. (In one case the fuel
>> filter looked almost pristine; the chunks of rust were large enough that
>> they never made it out of the tank.) However they were fuel injected Buses
>> which require much higher fuel pressure. I've never had it happen
>> personally on my carbureted '78 crew cab or any of the carbureted Type 1
>> engined Buses I've owned.
>>
>> Ron Salmon
>> The Bus Depot, Inc.
>> www.busdepot.com
>>
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