[Spridgets] Clogged!

Martyn Ridley ridleymj at brant.net
Tue Apr 29 09:23:23 MDT 2014


Old tank?  Mine had inside rust. Solution was a new tank.

Cheers,
Martyn

On 4/29/2014 3:55 AM, Michael MacLean wrote:
> Went out for a ride tonight to warm up the engine of the Bugeye so I could
> change the oil.  I got about a half a block and the engine died.  The Facet
> fuel pump was pumping wildly, so I'm guessing that either the line between the
> tank and the pump is blocked or something is plugging the pickup hole in the
> tank.  This happened last week.  I could not get the car started in the
> garage, so I removed the line from the filter at the engine and blew into the
> line as hard as I could.  Heck, it started after that, but from the sound of
> that pump the gas is not getting to it.  I hope I don't need to drop the
> tank.  Before any of you arm chair quarterbacks ask, yes there is gas in the
> tank.
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 56 BN2
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