I have been running those see through glass filters on a few of my cars
without any fuel problems. I have a hard time believing that the meager fuel
flow required by an Alpine would be restricted by one of those filters. I
would be more suspicious of the fuel pump.
> ----------
> From: Sergio Dimarmo[SMTP:iwander(at)worldnet.att.net]
> Reply To: Sergio Dimarmo
> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 2:24 PM
> To: Alpine Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Fuel Pump
>
> Kurt, I had this problem once before when I installed one of those little
> see through glass in-line filters, you know the kind they sell at your
> local
> auto parts. The problem I had, I found out later, is that they restrict
> the
> volume of fuel required to the carbs at high speeds. I could drive on the
> street all day without any problems but once I got on the freeway at
> 60-70mph, the car would sputter and mis-fire as if it was running out of
> gas. First I thought fuel pump but I went for the easy fix first by
> removing
> the filter. It worked! I returned that nice chrome filter and bought one
> of
> those plastic filters that old VW use and have not had this problem since.
>
> Sergio
> 1967 Sunbeam Alpine
> Series V 'AJNT 86'
> still working on it but getting closer!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kurt Eckert <keckert(at)terascape.com>
> To: Alpine folks <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 8:24 AM
> Subject: Fuel Pump
>
>
> > I think I have nailed down the problem with my fuel system. When I run
> at
> > idle I am fine, however if I try to drive the thing, I run out of fuel
> to
> > the carbs in about 1 1/2 minutes. If I stop and use the manual lever on
> the
> > pump it works and I can run a few seconds more. I have a lot of bubbles
> > appearing in the glass bowl. Could this be symptomatic of a leak that is
> > causing the fuel low fuel pressure?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kurt
> >
> >
> >
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