[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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