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i believe that’s the fuel line yall speak of? Will i be blown up if i disconnect it at the end there.
i believe that’s the fuel line yall speak of? Will i be blown up if i disconnect it at the end there.
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i believe that’s the fuel line yall speak of? Will i be blown up if i disconnect it at the end there.
i believe that’s the fuel line yall speak of? Will i be blown up if i disconnect it at the end there.
You are following that rusty line, that is the fuel supply line from the pump to the carb.
Your filter is inline with rubber hose on both ends. The filter is that smaller round silver thing you are pointing to.
Find a piece of rubber line the same size as those short pieces that are on either side of the filter. Get about 2ft of it. Take the clamps loose and pull the short rubber line off the filter. Stick your longer piece of hose on the filter and run it into a bucket. Get someone to crank the engine, you should see strong spurts of fuel coming out of the hose if it's working.
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Isn't working is going to be the fuel pump is bad, the line to the fuel tank is clogged, the sock inside the fuel tank is clogged, etc.
Is working will be the needle valve inside the carb is glued shut by the ethanol fuel residue. Hook the fuel line back up, crank it over several times, and then get out and take the plastic handle of a screwdriver and peck on top of the carb near where the fuel line goes in. Take the aircleaner off to do this. Try it several times. If that doesn't work the carb will have to come apart.
Is working will be the needle valve inside the carb is glued shut by the ethanol fuel residue. Hook the fuel line back up, crank it over several times, and then get out and take the plastic handle of a screwdriver and peck on top of the carb near where the fuel line goes in. Take the aircleaner off to do this. Try it several times. If that doesn't work the carb will have to come apart.
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that would suck if the ethanol clogged it as there is very very little ethanol in the fuel i used to use.. I’ve sprayed the **** out of it with carb cleaner. I’ve also poured a whole lot of fuel into the carb a couple times going to put some fuel system cleaner as well and also put enough gas in my carb to spray a bit of intake cleaner with a high PEA content into the vacuum hose from the brake booster Thank you very much for all the help by the way everyone. In your opinion which scenerio is worse?
Isn't working is going to be the fuel pump is bad, the line to the fuel tank is clogged, the sock inside the fuel tank is clogged, etc.
Is working will be the needle valve inside the carb is glued shut by the ethanol fuel residue. Hook the fuel line back up, crank it over several times, and then get out and take the plastic handle of a screwdriver and peck on top of the carb near where the fuel line goes in. Take the aircleaner off to do this. Try it several times. If that doesn't work the carb will have to come apart.
Is working will be the needle valve inside the carb is glued shut by the ethanol fuel residue. Hook the fuel line back up, crank it over several times, and then get out and take the plastic handle of a screwdriver and peck on top of the carb near where the fuel line goes in. Take the aircleaner off to do this. Try it several times. If that doesn't work the carb will have to come apart.
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nono i should’ve been more clear, i poured a whole bunch of gas into my carb, like a few litres. was wondering if maybe that was excess fuel coming out or what. How much gas could i theoretically pour into my carb until it can’t hold anymore? I poured a good few litres in and it ran for several minutes long enough for me to suck some intake valve cleaner in through the brake booster hose, i hope that hits all cylinders lol (i should mention it was shell 91 gas, with some extra fuel injector cleaner in it) holy **** did it ever smoke and i don’t mean that white smoke everyone who seafoam a thinks is carbon this was all gunk. Going to do what you said about taking the hose off the line jus before the filter to see what happens!
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started a wee fire
Soooo i poured a whole bunch of high octane in the carb, a few liters at least, well, it’s going well im sucking some CRC GDI IVD Throttle n Valve cleaner into the brake booster hose. i accidentally kill the truck, up until this point it was just billowing blue and black smoke. Go to fire backup, hear a weird bang, stupidly ignore it, crank again and i see flames i put em out real quick, turns out, this caught on fire, must have gotten residual chemicals either carb spray or fuel lol. https://imgur.com/a/Fp1kHKF
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I'm sorry, but why are pouring a "whole bunch of gas into my carb" ? That is not what you should ever do. A few drops may be an ounce or so.
I just watched that video again. That coil is really close to the fuel connection.
I suggest you take a step back. Get some pictures to shows us what you're working with.
Sounds like you may have more than one issues going on.
It looks like you have a 302 engine ?
It sounds like your still not sure, you're getting the fuel pump to pump fuel.
I just watched that video again. That coil is really close to the fuel connection.
I suggest you take a step back. Get some pictures to shows us what you're working with.
Sounds like you may have more than one issues going on.
It looks like you have a 302 engine ?
It sounds like your still not sure, you're getting the fuel pump to pump fuel.
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Well the reason i was doing that was because it would adtually run that way for a bit. Allowing me to run some 91 (or 95 in RON) With a high concentration of fuel system cleaner through that way. Also i it gave me ample time to spray a whole bunch of high concentrate PEA intake and valve cleaner in to the intake via the brake booster vacuum hosee which cleared a crazy amount of deposits out.!Im actually doing that trick with the hose todsy. Why is it bad to pour a gallon in? I should state the vehicle is never ever running when i pour gas into carb! I’ll definitely take more photos after i do the house thing a bit later. Yes it’s then’1980 Windsor 302 145,000 original km
I'm sorry, but why are pouring a "whole bunch of gas into my carb That is not what you should ever do. A few drops may be an ounce or so.
I just watched that video again. That coil is really close to the fuel connection.
I suggest you take a step back. Get some pictures to shows us what you're working with.
Sounds like you may have more than one issues going on.
It looks like you have a 302 engine ?
It sounds like your still not sure, you're getting the fuel pump to pump fuel.
I just watched that video again. That coil is really close to the fuel connection.
I suggest you take a step back. Get some pictures to shows us what you're working with.
Sounds like you may have more than one issues going on.
It looks like you have a 302 engine ?
It sounds like your still not sure, you're getting the fuel pump to pump fuel.
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I'm thinking the fuel pump is not pumping or its not getting fuel from the tank. You need to go step by step.
I think you found out why you don't pour that much gas into the engine
Also if the rings are bad, some of that gas can dilute the oil, not a good thing in these engines. But that is what a Radial Engine would do in cold weather back when airplanes had those engines.
Pull the fuel line of the carb, attach a long hose going to a bucket and crank to engine over. As said above pull the coil connector so it won't fire.
I think you found out why you don't pour that much gas into the engine
Also if the rings are bad, some of that gas can dilute the oil, not a good thing in these engines. But that is what a Radial Engine would do in cold weather back when airplanes had those engines.
Pull the fuel line of the carb, attach a long hose going to a bucket and crank to engine over. As said above pull the coil connector so it won't fire.
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I'm thinking the fuel pump is not pumping or its not getting fuel from the tank. You need to go step by step.
I think you found out why you don't pour that much gas into the engine
Also if the rings are bad, some of that gas can dilute the oil, not a good thing in these engines. But that is what a Radial Engine would do in cold weather back when airplanes had those engines.
Pull the fuel line of the carb, attach a long hose going to a bucket and crank to engine over. As said above pull the coil connector so it won't fire.
I think you found out why you don't pour that much gas into the engine
Also if the rings are bad, some of that gas can dilute the oil, not a good thing in these engines. But that is what a Radial Engine would do in cold weather back when airplanes had those engines.
Pull the fuel line of the carb, attach a long hose going to a bucket and crank to engine over. As said above pull the coil connector so it won't fire.
I see you are testing the pump but if the gas in tank is bad I would pull from a fresh gas can like below.I can see pulling the hose off the inlet to the fuel pump and adding along hose to go into a gas can to see if the pump works, it should fill the carb if it dose.
He could also run the motor that way till he can go over the rest of the fuel system and maybe dump the old gas and clean out the tank(s).
A small can will sit on the fender well so if he has to move the truck he can.
I did for years till I knew my truck was going on the road as I did not want gas going bad.
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What would this do? (edit) I re-read it I see you are testing the pump but if the gas in tank is bad I would pull from a fresh gas can like below.
I can see pulling the hose off the inlet to the fuel pump and adding along hose to go into a gas can to see if the pump works, it should fill the carb if it dose.
He could also run the motor that way till he can go over the rest of the fuel system and maybe dump the old gas and clean out the tank(s).
A small can will sit on the fender well so if he has to move the truck he can.
I did for years till I knew my truck was going on the road as I did not want gas going bad.
Dave ----
I see you are testing the pump but if the gas in tank is bad I would pull from a fresh gas can like below.I can see pulling the hose off the inlet to the fuel pump and adding along hose to go into a gas can to see if the pump works, it should fill the carb if it dose.
He could also run the motor that way till he can go over the rest of the fuel system and maybe dump the old gas and clean out the tank(s).
A small can will sit on the fender well so if he has to move the truck he can.
I did for years till I knew my truck was going on the road as I did not want gas going bad.
Dave ----
There are a few ways to look at the issue.
In a perfect world, the owner would think about the issue and have a step-by-step plan. Us on the internet tend to jump into things...
Maybe the owner should first drop the fuel tank and make sure its clean inside, then blow out the fuel lines and replace the fuel filter... it depends on what he or she has for mechanical ability.
OP, how long has the fuel been in the tank ?
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