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Re: [Healeys] Fuel tank

To: Jerry Costanzo <grumpyinloomis@ssctv.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel tank
From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:43:44 +0800
Yep, I've been there, a sharp tap on the brakes sometimes will give you
enough go juice to get you over the top!

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Jerry Costanzo
<grumpyinloomis@ssctv.net>wrote:

> Try going up a steep hill when the gas is low.  Although you can suck the
> fuel out with the car level, steep hills move the gas to the back of the
> tank and the car will sputter.   My first thought was , the nearest gas
> station was 15 miles away.   Once back on semi level ground, the car had
> enough gas to get me there.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Alan Seigrist
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 6:31 PM
> To: S and T Miller
> Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel tank
>
>
> That's because the pickup pipe for the fuel is located in the bottom of the
> tank in the drainage pan recess, meaning if you run the fuel out with the
> fuel pump there will be very little if any fuel left in the tank.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:49 AM, S and T Miller <stmiller96@hotmail.com
> >wrote:
>
>  With all the talk about non-ethanol fuel, I decided to drain my fuel tank
>> in
>> the 1957 today.  I don't drive the 1957 over the winter very much so the
>> fuel
>> will remain unused for a few months.  I connected a 3 foot rubber fuel
>> line
>> to
>> the output on the front float bowl and and let the fuel pump, pump it into
>> a
>> fuel can.  Once the pump started sucking air I gave the car a few shakes
>> to
>> get the last bits of fuel.  Thinking there would be some fuel left in the
>> bottom of the tank, I removed the drain bolt with a drain pan handy.  To
>> my
>> surprise I only got maybe a "baby food jar" sized amount of fuel.  I even
>> stuck a screw driver through the drain hole to make sure it wasn't just
>> clogged.
>> I was very surprised that the fuel tank/ pump actually sucks almost all
>> the
>> fuel out of the tank when it runs dry.  Now I am going to put some
>> non-ethanol
>> fuel in for the winter.
>>
>> The Millers
>> "British Car Nuts"
>>
>> 1957 Austin Healey 100-6 BN4 35299
>>
>> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6 BN4 77219
>>
>> 1964 MGB 40841
>>
>> 1960 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite AN5 34351
>>
>> "Always drive them, but remember each drive in an antique car is a test
>> drive."
>>
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