[DMCForum] Re: Stock DeLo Fuel Tank Baffle

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually stock DeLo fuel tank baffle has a pivot that allows it to
rise & fall.

Fuel tanks accumulate all sorts of trash: rust, gum, bits of rubber,
honest to goodness organic matter. If your car doesn't do it to
itself, a funky gas station will through that big nozzle. Usually
sinks to bottom BTW, not float on top.

Just completed Mid Atlantic Fall Tour with Rick Gendreau. Has a 5
gallon tank. Never allows to drop below 4 gallons. That's 20% "hahaha"...

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxx>
wrote:
> I don't see how running low on the tank causes "trash" to get sucked
up. 
> Where is this alleged trash- floating on top of the gasoline?  My tank
> sucks gas from the bottom, just like every other stock Delorean.
> 
> Imagine if Rick with his 4 gallon tank would never go below 25%.  hahaha
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 21:23:23 -0000 "content22207"
> <brobertson@xxxx> writes:
> > Are you philosophically opposed to filling tank? Even John Hervey's
> > bottom feeder will suck air if you let fuel level drop low enough
> > (especially on a car without lowered front end). I'd recommend 
> > running
> > less than 25% tank only as emergency. Is risk of sucking heavy trash
> > into pump, especially through old pickup screens. Been there, done 
> > it.
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> > 
> > >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Andrei Cular" <acular@xxxx> 
> > wrote:
> > > The reason I really don't think it is temperature related is cause 
> > I
> > have
> > > been running my car with just over a gallon in the tank, thats 
> > just
> > enough
> > > so it doesn't suck air when sitting in the driveway.  With the car
> > running
> > > long enough for the fans to start cycling on and off I never 
> > noticed any
> > > different noise coming from the fuel pump.  I'll drop a
> > thermo-couple in the
> > > tank and monitor it next time I get it started...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Andrei
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>
> > > To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 11:23 AM
> > > Subject: [DMCForum] DeLo Fuel Tank Issues:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Re: various current fuel tank threads:
> > > 
> > > Hot fuel: never had a problem with this, but I also suck straight 
> > from
> > > bottom of tank. If it truly is a problem, would be hot water in
> > > radiator pipes that hold tank up, not outside air. 195 degrees 
> > minimum
> > > -- way hotter than even Arizona summer.
> > > Bill Robertson
> > > #5939
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor 
> > 
> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to 
> > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> ________________________________________________________________
> The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!
> Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!
> Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!



Yahoo! Groups Sponsor	 
 
<http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12c70bnnu/M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egro
upweb/S=1705126215:HM/EXP=1070562963/A=1524963/R=0/*http://hits.411web.com
/cgi-bin/autoredir?camp=556&lineid=3614674?=egroupweb&pos=HM> 	 
 
<http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupm
ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=989136068> 	

To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .

<<attachment: winmail.dat>>