Re: [AMC-List] 401 Engine surge problem

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: How could I forget about the loose hose before the fuel pump trick? I 
helped a guy with Cummins diesel who was fighting the same thing trying to 
get DOWN from Steven's pass! I heard a suction noise and realized that ain't 
normal on a diesel! (he was spritzing it with ether to get started, then it 
would go a mile and quit again) He was hauling a 40 foot trailer at the time 
too!


From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] 401 Engine surge problem
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On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Jim Blair wrote:

> Odds are the gas tank sock has collapsed or the fuel pump
inlet valve has
> stuff sticking it open and causing low pressure. The fuel
filter could also

Or wrong gas cap! If popping the gas cap causes a big WOOSH
of air in, it's sealed and shouldn't be, or sealed, and the
return tank vent hose (year, model, state, smog, etc) is plugged
or whatever.

Plain old low-flow fuel pump problem?

This happened to me once, on a 258 six, no less -- slightly
loose fuel hose clamp on the SUCTION side of the pump, sucking
air! I could actually hear it, like pulsating sucking through
your teeth. Pulled on the hose and it changed.

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