The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Gas tank fouling 140-160

posted by  rkent47 on  Fri May 23 12:16 CST 2003
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Mon Jun 2 09:45 CST 2014
[RELATED]

I know this had been covered a number of times - just wanted to share my experience: 1972 164E runs until the fuel pump sounds like it is breathing its last then the car quits runnnig for a little bit. Sound familiar? So, I finally took the fuel tank off the car, pulled the internal filter out, and found it packed with reddish colored "mud." The tank was dry, and when I picked it up it sounded like there was gravel in it - when I rinsed it out 1 & 2 inch chunks fell out. I am now "cooking" the tank with crud remover, and hope to get it rinsed out, and put back in the car this weekend. Who knows, maybe I'll start running corn squeezin's in it! That'll really clean it out. ;>)

I count myself lucky that I didn't burn up the fuel pump - it was working so hard.

Kent






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.