Here's another weird Spridget problem.
The fuel pump on my Bugeye (SU Electric) clicks away just fine. But it
clicks away with the "out of gas" sound. So I put gas in the tank even
though it reads 1/4.
But at 41 years old, the gauge *may* be out of whack. Gas in the tank
and still the "no fuel click" of the fuel pump. So I blow long and hard
into the filler and the pump starts to work properly.
This has happened 3 times in as many weeks.
So the pump is loosing it's prime. I never had this problem even after a
car sits for 25 years let alone a week or so. And I have 2 other LBCs
hanging around not used daily this time of year and sitting for 2 or 3
weeks at a time, no lose of prime in their pumps. (all SUs)
Any ideas? Not that blowing into the gas tank is a big deal, but my wife
and daughter just refuse to do it. I don't mind at all, it's just one
more quirk of LBC ownership I could get used to.
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
The bug in the rice bowl
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