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Re: T&T: Fluctuating fuel pressure question

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Awgertoo@aol.com
Thu, May 26, 2005 12:10 PM

In a message dated 5/26/2005 7:44:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
brayeo@millsaps.edu writes:
The generator didn't want to start.

I turned the Walbro fuel pump on and I soon had an accumlation of diesel on
top of the fuel tank.

I finally tracked it down to a pinhole leak in the nylon tube which connects
the filter to the pressure gauge. The quick fix was to insert a nylon plug in
the 'T' in place of the pressure take-off. Fuel pump pressurized the system
fine and all engines started and ran.

This has been my concern when reading posts about remote-mounted but
hard-plumbed vacuum guages:  Any break in the loop translates into an air leak on the
fuel supply side and with tanks using suction pickups such as mine this means
no fuel.  Though some folks seem to dislike guages mounted on the RACORS in
place of the Tee-handles, I have no problem with checking them  when I go into
the ER every hour or so for a general look aroound.  And I keep a Tee-handle
nearby the filters in the event a guage failed and became the source of a
suction leak.

Best--Michael Oritt
Durbeck 48--NAMASTE

In a message dated 5/26/2005 7:44:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, brayeo@millsaps.edu writes: The generator didn't want to start. I turned the Walbro fuel pump on and I soon had an accumlation of diesel on top of the fuel tank. I finally tracked it down to a pinhole leak in the nylon tube which connects the filter to the pressure gauge. The quick fix was to insert a nylon plug in the 'T' in place of the pressure take-off. Fuel pump pressurized the system fine and all engines started and ran. ---------------------------------------- This has been my concern when reading posts about remote-mounted but hard-plumbed vacuum guages: Any break in the loop translates into an air leak on the fuel supply side and with tanks using suction pickups such as mine this means no fuel. Though some folks seem to dislike guages mounted on the RACORS in place of the Tee-handles, I have no problem with checking them when I go into the ER every hour or so for a general look aroound. And I keep a Tee-handle nearby the filters in the event a guage failed and became the source of a suction leak. Best--Michael Oritt Durbeck 48--NAMASTE