<VV> Strange power loss problem

BBRT chsadek at adelphia.net
Sun Feb 5 13:19:37 EST 2006


Right On!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>

> If electric was the only way to go, my three Corvairs wouldn't still be 
> running wuth their mechanical pumps after forty-five years.  It's not the 
> pumps that cause problems.
>
> RonH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick & Janet Norris" <rickjanet at charter.net>
>>
>>> One other possibility is a pinhole in the short length of rubber fuel 
>>> hose
>>> that connects the engine compartment hard lines to the line from the 
>>> tank. A
>>> pinhole can cause the pump to suck air every now and then.
>>>
>>> --Kent
>>
>> Mechanical fuel pumps suck for air anyway! Electric is the ONLY way to 
>> go!
>>
>> The Lone "Stirring the Pot" Haranguer
>>
>> ps. Electric valve adjustments are better than mechanical too!



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