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<DIV><FONT size=2>Everything you describe is simply crap in the lines
preventing the float valves from closing properly. If you have visible bits,
then they will cause a problem. Certainly not vapour lock, which as I
understand it is effectively a blockage, and can't happen with our SU pumps and
cars anyway.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>What hose did you use? There is some multi-layer
so-called ethanol-proof stuff around that has a very thin inner layer, and
unless it is a loose fit sliding onto the various ports that inner layer can
shred, as here <A
href="http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/fhose.htm">http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/fhose.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>It could also be rubbish in the new tank, although if the
pickup has the sock filter at the bottom as it ought to that shouldn't get into
the lines.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>What fuel are you using? If it is high in ethanol then
that could be a contributory factor in rubber decomposition.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>PaulH.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>After doing all this at first, I had to take the carb float bowls apart
as the grosse jets had become clogged. Got that rectified and everything
seemed ok at first, but then after some driving, the car started running like
it was getting fuel starved, and I noticed what looked like some black chips
in the fuel filter. I unhooked all the rubber fuel lines and and pump, and
then blew compressed air through the line back to the pump. All seemed well
for a short amount of driving, but then it bogged down again, got flooded when
I tried to start it, and fuel ran out the
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