I make a mistake on the source of the gas tank sealer that I used in my Bugeye.
It was a POR15 product that was labeled gasoline and alcohol resistant.
The material failed to bond to the tank and I was able to pull most of it out
with a mechanical claw. I have about 30lbs of 1/4-20 1" bolts and that made
an ideal media to shake in the tank to loosen up any of the material behind the
baffles.
Stupid me. I put the stuff in with a pickup screen in the tank and this was
probably a restriction that the fuel pump has been dealing with all these
years. I took out the pickup screen (I can't see a way to put in a new one
since the pickup tube enters the tank behind the baffle, so I'm baffled) and am
using a large fuel filter with a settling bowl outside the tank and before the
electric fuel pump to trap the remaining debris that eluded the shakedown and
rinse. The car runs great and I can put the hammer down without fuel
starvation. I am putting all lawn tractors in the 'hood on notice that there is
a new sheriff in town! The mighty 948 is once again on the prowl.
I am taking this week to gussie up the Tiger for what has turned into one of
New England's premier muscle car shows: Cruising on Main Street in Manchester
CT on Sunday the 7th. There was a huge turnout last year and the the cars that
showed up were unbelievable. Shelby's, Yenko's, Max Wedge cars... I was stunned
by some ultra rare of the rolling stock. If you want to show, get there early.
I don't know the count, but the cars stretched out for about 6 blocks and they
were parked chevron style up both side of the street with a double row in the
middle. If the weather is nice, this year will probably be bigger.
Bob Melusky
Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.biz> wrote:
Bob
Sorry to read about your problem with tank sealer. Unfortunately
many of the tank sealers were not compatible with ethanol when they first
came on the market. The tank sealer from Eastwood now states that it
"resists all types of fuel additives even alcohol".
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