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Re: Driving me crazy Tiger

To: CoolVT@aol.com
Subject: Re: Driving me crazy Tiger
From: "Steven L. Finberg" <w1gsl@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 19:49:53 -0400
Hi Mark

The tach being intermittent is another interesting problem but I suspect 
unrelated to your long term slugishness.

I have had exactly the same symptoms on 3 of my Alpines when the fuel
tanks started shedding their interior paint.

The clog occurs at the fuel line take off in the middle of the lower 
pipe connecting the two tanks.   A ~1/2 inch fuel line makes a right angle 
exit from a 3"+ pipe   At first it is only a moderate restriction but 
can increase with flow while driving.  The flakes are big enough  
that few will make it to the filter.    With filling and sloshing the flow 
between the tanks can temporarrly appear to clear the clog.

My only satisfactory solution was to remove the tanks, strip out the 
old paint and recoat.   Since it happened to all of my Sunbeams 
over 15 years ago, it seems odd to have it happening now.   I would 
have assume  all the tanks had failed long ago and would have been 
fixed by now
 
Steve F

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Steve Finberg                        W1GSL                       w1gsl@mit.edu
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