Drag Racing Frustration!! Car Trouble
#21
Even when brand new every time I clean my fuel filter I find small pcs of foam in the filter. I recommend changing the foam at least every 3 years.
It's just cheap insurance to me. I HATE CARB OR FUEL PROBLEMS!
It's just cheap insurance to me. I HATE CARB OR FUEL PROBLEMS!
#23
Originally Posted by ashbros
I hate to amdit it, but I always pull all the foam out of my cell and flush the cell before installation...
#24
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Nebraska
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Crazy sh&@! Ok, I blew out my lines and flushed it all. I took off my fuel bowls and checked everything. It all looked fine, nothing came out at all. I did have some crap in the vent line on the fuel cell, but nothing to freak about.
I fired it up and it did the same crap. At this point I went from being cool to boarderline nuts! I decided to take the entire fuel line out and filter, pump etc. I got as far as removing the fuel line. (The part from my pump is braided then to the fire wall it is tubing.) I too the tubing line down and was about to pull it out, which would have bent it to crap. Then I noticed some black stuff barely coming out of the end of the line. Turns out it was fuel cell foam.
Seriously, I really didnt imagine that the problem was foam. I checked it you when it was brought up, but I dont think I really believed it was the problem. But sure enough, put it all back together and and raced this weekend. I went 8 rounds counting the time trials with no problem with the fuel. I did toast my trans in the last run, but that is another story!
Thanks for the help guys, I was about to push the damn thing off a cliff. Trust me that is not small task here in Nebraska where we dont have any cliffs!
I fired it up and it did the same crap. At this point I went from being cool to boarderline nuts! I decided to take the entire fuel line out and filter, pump etc. I got as far as removing the fuel line. (The part from my pump is braided then to the fire wall it is tubing.) I too the tubing line down and was about to pull it out, which would have bent it to crap. Then I noticed some black stuff barely coming out of the end of the line. Turns out it was fuel cell foam.
Seriously, I really didnt imagine that the problem was foam. I checked it you when it was brought up, but I dont think I really believed it was the problem. But sure enough, put it all back together and and raced this weekend. I went 8 rounds counting the time trials with no problem with the fuel. I did toast my trans in the last run, but that is another story!
Thanks for the help guys, I was about to push the damn thing off a cliff. Trust me that is not small task here in Nebraska where we dont have any cliffs!
#26
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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boarderline nuts!
The spoken words of a true drag racer..........
LOL
Its the little things that can ruin a good day of racing & will make you pull your hair out.
Now that you got that fixed, "It was not so bad was it?" :twisted: :roll: :?
The spoken words of a true drag racer..........
LOL
Its the little things that can ruin a good day of racing & will make you pull your hair out.
Now that you got that fixed, "It was not so bad was it?" :twisted: :roll: :?
#27
Glad you found the problem. NOW CHANGE THE FOAM and you should be ok for a while. It's a good idea to check the filter every so often because the foam no matter if new still breaks down.