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posted by  RepairmanJackal on  Fri Dec 28 15:59 CST 2007
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poor weather, holidays, and very long hours at work mainly. To many variables and a partial success also. It is also NOT fun to drain 10 gallons of fuel...

I was advised that it was probably water in the carb reservoirs, so I flushed those thoroughly and refilled them with fuel pumped out of the fuel pump.
After that and a lot of other tinkering and cleaning, the car did run a little bit, but only with the firing order reversed - which we know is not counter-clockwise...

I filled my tank with fresh fuel when the trouble started (acting like it was starving for fuel - sort of) so I've got a full tank and know that most of it is good.


My feeling, based on Shayne's comments is that the original advice about water was probably correct, but I did not consider the full scope of how much could be in there and did not go far enough to correct the issue.

My weird engine performance on the morning of the first real freeze may have been a result of ice in my fuel...

Anyway, I'll see to it in the AM Sunshine and report back.






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