My car (#1155)sat in the Auburn-Cord-Duesenburg Museum for 14 yrs ...
with no regular maintenance or starting. I had the tank removed, and
relined, and the fuel lines flushed. I didn't feel the expense and time
warranted trying to mess around ... you may wish to do the same.
(Another note ... if you wish to enter any of the concourse at Bricklin
meets, be sure to tell the company relining the tank NOT to paint the
outside --- if it's not bare with clear or silver, you'll loose points
-- you can guess how I found that out!) I also completely redid the
braking system, including the replacement of brake fluid with silicone
(it was flushed, too).
-----Original Message-----
From: William H. Whitney [mailto:bill-whitney@erols.com]
Sent: Friday, May 01, 1998 8:12 AM
To: Bricklin List Server
Subject: Bad gas?
Hi, everyone...
I just purchased a Bricklin that was sitting for about 5 years. The
owner started it once every week or so, but never drove it. The gas tank
was never let to get lower than 1/2 full. What is happening now is that
when the tank gets to the half way point, the engine sputters and back
fires, then dies and won't start. Putting fresh gas in the tank resolves
the problem. Then when the tank gets to half again, the problem recurs.
My assumption is that there is half a tank of gas that has been sitting
there for five years and has broken down into shellac. When this gas
gets in the fuel line, it messes up the engine. I feel the solution is
to empty and pull the gas tank, clean it and the full lines out, replace
fuel filters, etc. and start with all fresh gas. Before doing all that,
I was wondering if someone had another solution that might be easier.
TIA... Bill. (vin #624)
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William (Bill) H. Whitney
AITP Central/North Jersey Chapter (#377) Liaison and Region 13 List
Manager
Owner, Micro Business Applications, dBase/Clipper/FoxPro consultant
EMail: bill-whitney@erols.com
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