[Healeys] Fuel tank

[S and T Miller]

Yes, but surprised how little of fuel is actually left.  Would have thought
there would be a bit more.

The Millers
"British Car Nuts"

1957 Austin Healey 100-6 BN4 35299

1959 Austin Healey 100-6 BN4 77219

1964 MGB 40841

1960 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite AN5 34351

"Always drive them, but remember each drive in an antique car is a test
drive."






Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:31:30 +0800
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel tank
From: healey.nut at gmail.com
To: stmiller96 at hotmail.com
CC: healeys at autox.team.net

That's because the pickup pipe for the fuel is located in the bottom of the
tank in the drainage pan recess, meaning if you run the fuel out with the fuel
pump there will be very little if any fuel left in the tank.



On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:49 AM, S and T Miller <stmiller96 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

With all the talk about non-ethanol fuel, I decided to drain my fuel tank in
the 1957 today.  I don't drive the 1957 over the winter very much so the fuel
will remain unused for a few months.  I connected a 3 foot rubber fuel line
to
the output on the front float bowl and and let the fuel pump, pump it into a
fuel can.  Once the pump started sucking air I gave the car a few shakes to
get the last bits of fuel.  Thinking there would be some fuel left in the
bottom of the tank, I removed the drain bolt with a drain pan handy.  To my
surprise I only got maybe a "baby food jar" sized amount of fuel.  I even
stuck a screw driver through the drain hole to make sure it wasn't just
clogged.
I was very surprised that the fuel tank/ pump actually sucks almost all the
fuel out of the tank when it runs dry.  Now I am going to put some
non-ethanol
fuel in for the winter.

The Millers
"British Car Nuts"

1957 Austin Healey 100-6 BN4 35299

1959 Austin Healey 100-6 BN4 77219

1964 MGB 40841

1960 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite AN5 34351

"Always drive them, but remember each drive in an antique car is a test
drive."