[Healeys] Possible contaminates in gas tank

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Mon Jul 28 16:26:52 MDT 2014


If it was hot, you might have had some vaporization in the float chambers
which can cause your car to stall.....



On Tuesday, July 29, 2014, R Phillips <healeydriver1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The other day I was driving my '65 BJ8 on the highway and it happily
> performed by any measure.  When I pulled off the highway and made my way to
> a traffic light I had to sit through 2 cycles when it suddenly started to
> run rough and stalled.  I was able to restart but it continued running
> rough and then settled in.  The gas gauge red more than 1/4.  I don't have
> a fuel filter and wonder if there might be something in the bottom of my
> tank.
>
> So:  Is a filter recommended, if so which one and how does one clean out a
> tank?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Ric
> 65 BJ8
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