Re: [AMC-list] BBD Carb Issues

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To: AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family<amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] BBD Carb Issues

Not sure if this mentioned yet, but part of the problem is you have all these darned 
'designer blends' of gas all over the country. What might be burned in St. Louis, not same 
as Phoenix, not same as LA, not same as Houston, so the blends vary from area to area. 
Years ago MTBE was shoved in gas, but I think it is not being phased out if not already, 
but that stuff potent, cancer causing stuff, even would eat thru fuel lines. Some of the 
pumps here in Houston in late 90s had decals warning of MTBE and that it could cause 'fuel 
line failure'. You have 'discount gas' places also that sell low end gas, and no telling 
what is in it, one of them was here on Hammerly and Brittmoore before closing recently. 
The price was usually 20 cents lower than what places like Citgo, Valero and other chains 
had up. Probably for good reason, that stuff smelled like sh*t if you got downwind from 
your AMC exhaust. Paige's 88 Eagle seemed to not like that gas either so she quit putting 
gas there, as I did too.

With the ethanol blends inside gas now also, you will discover some yellowish residue on, 
and inside your carb. So once a month I will get out the carb cleaner and hit the carbs 
with this stuff to disolve it off the inside neck of the carb and car usually runs better. 
My AMCs are driven daily and this stuff seems to form if you drive only 100 miles or less 
a month (68 Rebel) or 100's of miles a month (81, 82, 88 Eagles, sometimes 72 Ambassador 
which just had new carb put on).

On the gas tanks themselves however, you would be surprised the stuff that can form in 
them, no matter how well you have taken care of car thru years. Humidity is a problem, as 
is sediment and 'stuff' that comes from gas pumps themselves. I make it a point to not get 
gas at any station where the big trucks are filling up the underground tanks after a 
report here in Houston showed that when the tanks are refilled, it stris up all sorts of 
underground stuff, and some of it gets past the station's filters (if they have any!) and 
goes directly into tank, and into your system. Sort of like eating a triple Whopper with 
triple cheese. Same effect.

My advise also to people who might contact me looking for a gas tank is usually to have 
their existing tank redone by Gas Tank Renu on my VENDORS list. Some tanks can't be redone 
but most can. The problem with buying a used gas tank is that it has had 20-40 years of 
chemicals stuffed down it and many times the metal is comprimised integrity so that it 
looks great, but could be thin metal waiting for pinhole to erupt, so back to square one. 
With the Gas Tank Reny place, they take the tanks apart, fix, coat and seal them inside 
and out and tanks is good until Y3K or 2012 which ever ends first.

Something few people ever look at is their fuel lines. These are easy to replace, and 
recommneded every few years, especially the one from gas tank sending unit to the metal 
main line, can't tell you how many times these are dry, rotted, or leaking. Good luck 
either way, those carb sprays may/may not fix your problem however.
Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com

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