Re: [DML] Re: Fuel tank baffle

[deloreanernst@xxxx]

In a message dated 8/20/01 5:31:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jeff@xxxx 
writes:


> . When the
> tank got low, below the level of the crack, the pump was sucking air
> through the crack. I trimmed the hose down below the crack and
> reattached it to the pump.
> 
> 

If you trimmed it off below the elbow, (like a prior owner had done to mine,) 
you'll be forcing it to kink at the bend. Not a good idea, since it can 
starve your fuel pump causing premature failure. New hoses aren't hard to 
install, and a bad hose is a lot of grief.

-Wayne A. Ernst
DMCTech Group


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