[Bricklin] Bricklin fuel sender

[isensee at aol.com]

 The fuel sender just affects the reading on the gas gauge.




 It sounds like a carburetor problem. Look down the throat of the carb as you
pump the linkage to see if it is spraying a good stream of gas in. Most likely
you have a problem with the accelerator pump.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick at High Tech Coatings <rick at hightechcoatings.com>
To: bl <bricklin at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, May 25, 2010 4:45 am
Subject: Re: [Bricklin] Bricklin fuel sender


first if the fuel bowl was full of fuel it would only take about 1015 pumps
for the accelerator pump to empty it, so pumping 75 time is worthless. If the
bowl is empty 75 pumps is just an exercise in futility.

questions:
how much shot does the fuel pump have?
is it shooting all 75 pumps?
How long has the car sat before you have to do this routine?
are there any stains on the intake?
did you check the accelerator pump check valve when you rebuilt your carb?

when one of my cars sit for a long time I usually crank it till it builds oil
pressure, then the fuel pump should have filled the carb, give a pump or 3
and
it starts right up, if not I fill the carb with gas thru the vent and it
starts immediately

Rick

On 5/24/2010 11:13:30 PM, Paul J. Amoroso (paul-amo at comcast.net) wrote:
> I have a nagging problem that I have had for about 15 years, maybe
> someone is familiar with:  In order to start my car, I have to pump the
> peddle first ( before I even turn the key) about 75 times.  I thought
> maybe the carb had an internal fuel leak and the bowl needed refilled.
> I rebuilt the carb.  I have rebuilt carbs before with ok success - I am
> not anywhere near expert.  But the carb and problem were identical to
> that before I started.  The car runs fine except for the pesky fuel
> needing "primed".
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?  Am I wrong to think
> it's the carb.  Some
> other part of the fuel system?  Maybe I am mis-diagnosing the problem.
> Scott, did you have any of the symptoms like mine with your fuel sender?
>
> Thanks to everyone in advance for any words of wisdom.
>
> Paul Amoroso
> #1207
>
>
>
> isensee at aol.com wrote:
> >  I got my Bricklin fuel sender replaced tonight. That wasn't
> a very fun job.
> > It is a hard spot to get to, the old sender was in very solid, the fuel
> hose
> > cracked and ran a good stream of gas down my arm. Finally got the new
> one in
> > though and it works fine now.The
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