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Posted By Discussion Topic: Runs better with choke out? -- page: 1 2     shogun1940 05-04-2010 @ 5:10 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 464 Joined: Feb 2010 I am waiting to hear what the problem was ford38v8 04-27-2010 @ 6:24 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 2771 Joined: Oct 2009 Well, Tom, I guess the picture was in my mind when you described it earlier! Alan TomO 04-27-2010 @ 6:48 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7258 Joined: Oct 2009 Alan, I hate to disappoint you, but I never posted a photo of my temporary filter, because I never took a picture of it. I will take a picture of it and send it to Jerry this Spring. Tom ford38v8 04-26-2010 @ 11:37 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 2771 Joined: Oct 2009 Tom, I was waiting for you to mention that fix! I'd seen your picture of the temporary filter in a previous thread. May I suggest that you send it to Jerry for use on the "It worked for me" page of the V8 Times? This is something that is so obvious that guys don't even think of it. PS- When Bruce was administering it, he'd send a "It worked for me" pin for your hat. Ask Jerry who has those pins now. Alan TomO 04-26-2010 @ 6:56 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7258 Joined: Oct 2009 Flatbob, If you want to install a temporary fuel filter, it can be installed in place of the flex fuel line. Just fit a short piece of 1/4 inch fuel line into the fuel pump and then clamp a piece of rubber fuel line onto it, the fuel filter and another piece onto the filter and the line from the tank. Tom shogun1940 04-26-2010 @ 4:55 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 464 Joined: Feb 2010 ot think you haa fuel prblem. more like a vacuum leak'use an unlit propane torch and wave it over the carb and see if the engine speeeds up,then wave it around all the intake manifold parts if it speeds up you have found your leak,, have a fire ext. near buy for safety Flatbob 04-25-2010 @ 7:11 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 437 Joined: Oct 2009 It all came back to me while I was sitting at my workbench cleaning out fuel pump. As I said before I replaced fuel tank because it was full of rust & removed fuel pump and put it in the shed & replaced it with another. A few days ago car started running badly so thought maybe the fuel pump was bad so replaced with previous pump, yes then dirty one. Cranked half a cup of fuel into jar with no debris, put clean pump on & runs great. Here's what came out of dirty pump. supereal 04-25-2010 @ 10:29 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 I don't show my cars, so having a filter isn't a problem. I have been marooned with fuel problems in the past, so the filter is a kind of "insurance". The stuff in your photo looks a great deal like the material we routinely find in gas tanks, but doesn't look like anything that would result from installing a new tank. I suspect that much of the bad fuel results from stations running their storage tanks down to the bottom where crud accumulates. Most pumps have filters that are supposed to catch contamination, but only if they are serviced regularly. In addition, at least around here, the operators are supposed to test gas for water. There is a product called "DeTex" which is a test strip. If you buy your fuel at the same place regularly, I'd ask them if they test their gas. Contamination can be very expensive in new vehicles, as it can ruin the in-tank high pressure pump. If that pump has a filter "sock" on it, the whole unit usually must be replaced, which is expensive, to say the least. Installing a temporary filter is a very good idea, as draining doesn't always get all the loose material. We put bad gas thru a filter of the type used in body shops for paint so we can identify the particles. Usually, the gas station is stuck with the repair bill in this area. Flatbob 04-25-2010 @ 9:25 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 437 Joined: Oct 2009 Super, I do have a locking gas cap. Will drain the tank, disposal is the biggest problem. Don't normally run an inline filter as I would like to show the car at EFV8 meet & I don't think you can have something like that, but I understand you can have seat belts so maybe the filter would be okay. supereal 04-25-2010 @ 9:08 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 These days, fuel contamination is a big problem. Last week, we had three cars in our shop with bad gas, all purchased at the same station. It is a very good idea to install a fuel filter in the gas line as close to the tank as possible. Even then, fuel contaminated with water will cause problems. The worst we've seen was when liquid fertilizer was accidentally put into a filling station's tank. I'd drain the tank. It is also possible that someone put a handful of dirt in the tank. A locking cap is very good insurance against that sort of thing.

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