[DeTomaso] Vegas

[asajay at asajay.com]

This might explain why I had such a hard time with my riding lawn  
mower last year too.  Finally ended up cleaning the tank, rebuilding  
the head, replacing the fuel bowl/float assembly, blowing the lines  
and rebuilding the carb.  Same story.  I used a fuel  
stabalizer/storage mix every winter and after a few winters, it  
wouldn't run anymore, too much jell-O junk in the tank, lines, carb,  
etc.


Had the same problem on my boat a few years back too.  After 10 years  
of using a winterizing mix in the gas tank, it had enough crap  
(white-ish looking gel) in the gas tank that I had to manually flush  
the tank.  Don't think it was easy either, a 30 gallon tank  
fiberglassed into the hull.  A serious carb rebuild later and it all  
ran fine again.


I think I'm NOT going to use those products anymore.

Asa Jay

Quoting Myron Zadony <mzadony at fleetresponse.com>:

> "Deteriorated fuel stabilizer" isn't that an oxymoron?  I thought you put
> fuel stabilizer in, just to do that!! I paid $2900 to clean up a 73 XKE V12
> because it had "gelled fuel stabilizer" from the previous owner.  Tank
> cleaned, Soft lines replaced, hard lines reamed out, electronic fuel pump
> replaced, all four carbs rebuilt, & a new set of 12 spark plugs installed.
> That sucks.  Myron the other guy from Cleveland.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of JDeRyke at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:56 PM
> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Vegas
>
> 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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