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Sept 18, 2010 17:48:19 GMT
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...Cos that's what's happened in my float chambers...  Fuel is about 6 months old, and has been in the float chambers about 2 months. Is it water? Age of the fuel? Quality? I knew about fuel turning to jelly but I always thought it happened after years rather than a few months. I have an inline filter before the carbs which I would assume would get rid of any water, but maybe I'm wrong. Needless to say the whole fuel system is getting flushed and the remaining fuel disposed of. |
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Sept 18, 2010 18:34:21 GMT
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Really pretty ladies?
Apart from that the only thing I've seen do it is age.
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Sept 18, 2010 18:34:45 GMT
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That looks a lot like grease though...
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Sept 18, 2010 18:41:14 GMT
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Don't take too long for carbs to gum up. I heard say that fuel does it quicker these days too, not sure if that is fact though. I wouldn't chuck all the fuel as it's costly stuff, most of that jelly stuff will be at the bottom  . |
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Sept 18, 2010 19:24:34 GMT
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that reminds me of exactly what happened to a polo i had . The previous owner had a new tank fitted and the "mechanic" that did the work used silicone to seal the sender unit. It shrunk with the fuel fumes and dropped into the tank. Got sucked up slowly by the pump and ended up wrecking an otherwise great webber  Possibly the same thing? Or a fuel line thats been fitted isnt a fuel line? I.E someone used waterpipe/hose and its breaking down... had that on motorbikes before now... |
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Sept 18, 2010 19:38:16 GMT
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mmmmmmmmmmmmm are you sure there isn't an annoying pellet of that somewhere!!!!
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yes ,it started badly ,petered off in the middle and the least said about the end the better!!!
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Sept 18, 2010 19:47:06 GMT
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Well, it's had all new fuel line and the tank's been cleaned out, so I think water has gotten into the tank and it's been dragged up. There could well be a lump of it clogging things up - the new pump seems to be working alright now but it's played havoc with the carbs. It was trying to run on a combination of jelly, water and weak petrol! There isn't a lot of fuel in the car at all so it's probably sucking on the jelly-like brew in the tank now. I'll just clean it all out and start again.  |
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Sept 18, 2010 19:48:55 GMT
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i know it doesnt happen all that often nowadays... but is it possible someone spiked the tank?
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Sept 18, 2010 19:57:25 GMT
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I know it doesnt happen all that often nowadays... but is it possible someone spiked the tank? I wouldn't think so. I just can't see what someone would get out of doing it, or how they would take the lockable cap off, put stuff in the tank, then put the cap back on and lock it. The area around the filler neck isn't particularly waterproof so I think it's just an accumulation of water that's gotten into the tank, or condensation in the float chambers, or just curse word fuel... |
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Sept 18, 2010 20:00:33 GMT
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in a nutshell dean bond fuel tanks are the catalyst fuel needs to go off.its like putting milk in a porch with the sun shining on it allday .i think thats it anyway  |
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Sept 18, 2010 20:02:44 GMT
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you're going to be able to take those carbs off with your eyes closed soon. a good clean out and you should have it sorted.  |
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Sept 18, 2010 20:03:19 GMT
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What makes petrol turn to jelly? I don't know, but I do know that it's not water.
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Sept 18, 2010 20:57:20 GMT
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I know it doesnt happen all that often nowadays... but is it possible someone spiked the tank? I wouldn't think so. I just can't see what someone would get out of doing it, or how they would take the lockable cap off, put stuff in the tank, then put the cap back on and lock it. The area around the filler neck isn't particularly waterproof so I think it's just an accumulation of water that's gotten into the tank, or condensation in the float chambers, or just curse word fuel... ahhh didnt realise it was lockable... showoff ;D |
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Sept 19, 2010 18:20:46 GMT
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I've done a bit of reading about this. Apparently what has happened is called "phase separation" where the Ethanol in the fuel separates from the gasoline and you're left with two layers. The ethanol has combined with water (either condensation or water that has entered my tank) and sits at the bottom, with the petrol sitting on top. Just thought I'd update the thread with my findings! I'll be flushing out the system and starting again - there's only a bit left in the tank so it's no great loss. Further waterproofing measures on the tank are also planned so it won't happen again!  |
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Sept 19, 2010 19:42:52 GMT
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dunno. Top up your vaseline though?
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