[Healeys] A Mystery

[Bob Spidell]

What kind of 'filter' is there in the tank?  Anyone have a photo?

We dismantled an original BN2 tank, and there was nothing but a tube to 
(almost) the bottom.

Bob


On 9/22/2017 8:39 AM, Tom Felts wrote:
> the tank has to be cut open---and done by someone who understands the danger in doing that.
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> ---- Bob Simmen <rsimmen at nc.rr.com> wrote:
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> Tom,
> How do you get to the filter inside the tank?  When I removed the sending unit from my tank, all I could see were the baffles.
> I recently had to blow my lines from the fuel pump to the tank with air to clear the filter.  It has worked for now, but I am sure it is just time before it clogs again.
> Thanks in advance.
> Bob
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Tom Felts
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2017 8:21 AM
> To: Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl>; healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] A Mystery
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> Have you ever replaced the "in-tank" fuel filter?  If not this could be your problem.  The same thing you described happened to me years ago.  It drove me crazy until I had the tank opened.  The in-tank filter was chocked full of "stuff".  I pulled it, sealed the tank, added an in-line filter and never had the problem again.
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> tom
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