[Shop-talk] weedwacker tech

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, ericm at lne.com wrote:
>> Ok.  but I'm blowing the other way, through what I assume is the fuel
>> pickup.  No carb involved.  That should allow air to pass, right?
>
> The pump is part of the carb.  I don't think that you can
> blow through a properly working pump.

:-)  Ok, there's a weighted fuel pickup (presumably) thing in the tank. 
That's connected by a fuel line to the carb (and/or pump that's part of 
the carb).  Right?

Now cut the fuel line in the middle.  Take the part of the line that's 
still attached to the weighted pickup thing, and try to blow air down the 
line, then through the pickup.  The part of the line that's attached to 
the carb/pump isn't involved at all.

That's what I'm doing.  Should the weighted pickup thing in the tank be 
able to be blown through?

Mark