Re: [AMC-List] 401 surging

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

If you run without the sock I'd put a coarse filter BEFORE the fuel
pump, electric or mechanical. The pump may not like getting chunks
sucked through it. Otherwise it's just what Tom said -- larger flakes
of rust (not uncommon in a really old car) could stop the end up
momentarily. 


On July 12, 2006 Tom Jennings wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, russ hathaway wrote:
> 
> > Is a gas tank sock really needed? When I repaced the
> > tank in my Hornet, the sock was almost gone. I tore it
> > off, cleaned all the residue and installed it with an
> > open end. I am running a cheapo filter just off the
> > tank, then the fuel pump and a nice filter just before
> > the engine. The mechanical pump has been stripped and
> > is just plugging a hole. Isn't the sock just a
> > strainer anyways.......Russ
> 
> The only problem I can see happening, and it's not THAT low a
> probability, is if you were to get say a piece of tree leaf in
> there, it could suck up flat against the angle-cut end of the
> tube and totally cut off fuel.
> 
> You'd die cruisign flat an level on a freeway; pull over,
> scratch head, car restarts, problem never recurs, because
> the leaf moved out of the way while braking with engine off,
> awaiting the next coincidence. Chalk it up to "oldcaritis".
> 
> Any old sort of crap screen on the end of the pickup would
> reduce this probability to zero.
> 
> Aren't old cars fun?


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