[Shop-talk] weedwacker tech

[Karl Vacek]

> :-)  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?


Yes - you should be able to blow through it.  It's usually a porous sintered 
metal piece.

Karl