[DeTomaso] Vegas
JDeRyke at aol.com
JDeRyke at aol.com
Thu May 3 14:56:26 EDT 2007
In a message dated 4/30/07 9:19:26 AM, MikeLDrew at aol.com writes:
<< my diagnosis was clogged fuel filter (since I'd experienced exactly the
same symptoms in the Cobra after its first outing on track, which whipped up a
bunch of debris in the tank and plugged the filter up). I have an Earl's
cleanable filter, which I opened up and found completely plugged up, with the
fiber sock from the fuel tank pickup, and on top of that a healthy glob of
silicone, left over from somebody else's
poor decision to seal the fuel vent with silicone instead of the proper
rubber gasket >>
A Caution for all: to be described later in an upcoming TPOC article
w/photos, the chapter had tried to rectify such a carb-clogging problem in Judy
McCartney's Pantera over several years, and the club finally elected to remove &
clean the gas tank. According to Rod Kunshige, the tank had close to 20 lbs of
crap in it! Shaking and dumping the heavy tank, they estimated there was about a
12" thick layer of deteriorated fuel stabilizer, rust and other
unidentifiable debris that came out all over Rods now-permanently rusty driveway. FWIW,
Judy M has owned this always-garaged California car since new. FWIW- J DeRyke
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