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Subject: [Spridgets] Won't Idle
From: Michael MacLean via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 08:27:33 +0000 (UTC)
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=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Took the Bugeye out to run an errand tonight.=C2=
=A0 Could not get it to idle. As soon as I took my foot off the gas it woul=
d die.=C2=A0 I recently had a problem with the ethanol in the gas plugging =
up the fuel system after leaving it sit in the garage for a few months with=
out starting it.=C2=A0 I installed a new Facet fuel pump, but I can hear th=
e new pump going constantly behind me like the tank is almost empty, but ac=
cording to the fuel gauge it had at least a 1/4 tank left.=C2=A0 As long as=
 I kept my foot in it and did not stop anywhere, it ran like a scalded cat.=
=C2=A0 That new 1275 that I installed a few thousand miles ago is finally b=
reaking in.=C2=A0 I was going to replace the fuel tank. (I have a new one r=
eady to paint and install), but I got it running by draining the old ethano=
l laced gas and filling the tank with 100 octane ethanol free gas.=C2=A0 I =
thought I cleaned the fuel system out of the ethanol.=C2=A0 It ran great fo=
r a while. It did die a couple of times, but started right up again and wou=
ld idle, now I have to keep revving the throttle at the stop light to keep =
it running.=C2=A0 I hate this Kalifornia gas.Mike MacLean60 Sprite56 BN2

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ont-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1445654159750_14713">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; T=
ook the Bugeye out to run an errand tonight.&nbsp; Could not get it to idle=
. As soon as I took my foot off the gas it would die.&nbsp; I recently had =
a problem with the ethanol in the gas plugging up the fuel system after lea=
ving it sit in the garage for a few months without starting it.&nbsp; I ins=
talled a new Facet fuel pump, but I can hear the new pump going constantly =
behind me like the tank is almost empty, but according to the fuel gauge it=
 had at least a 1/4 tank left.&nbsp; As long as I kept my foot in it and di=
d not stop anywhere, it ran like a scalded cat.&nbsp; That new 1275 that I =
installed a few thousand miles ago is finally breaking in.&nbsp; I was goin=
g to replace the fuel tank. (I have a new one ready to paint and install), =
but I got it running by draining the old ethanol laced gas and filling the =
tank with 100 octane ethanol free gas.&nbsp; I thought I cleaned the fuel s=
ystem out of the ethanol.&nbsp; It ran great for a while. It did die a coup=
le of times, but started right up again and would idle, now I have to keep =
revving the throttle at the stop light to keep it running.&nbsp; I hate thi=
s Kalifornia gas.</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1445654159750_15004" dir=3D"=
ltr">Mike MacLean</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1445654159750_15002" dir=3D"=
ltr">60 Sprite</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1445654159750_15003" dir=3D"ltr=
">56 BN2<br></div></div></body></html>
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