Graeme Oxley
UNCLASSIFIED
I have been having issues with the engine dropping in power then coming
good.
On a recent trip to Canberra it was terrible on the return trip. The car
kept on what appeared to be lacking in fuel. I experimented and on a
down hill run I turned the engine off, then turned it back on and the
car went 40 kms and then the rot started again. I got home by turning
the engine off and on. I suspected something in the tank that blocked
the pickup then cleared when turned off only to return 40 kms later.
Melbourne Wide Radiators [phone removed]. I removed the tank and gave it to
John. when I emptied the fuel tank I did not see anything come from the
tank. One of the surprises that the 2nd last owner had fibreglassed the
complete bottom of the tank. The fibre glass was removed and John cut
the tank in two and had it sandblasted to reveal multiple pin holes and
lots of rust. John is now going to weld in a new bottom section.
Refer photo 1446:- The cylinder object with a tiny hole is the anti
swirl tank. The strange thing with my tank was that the pickup tube that
sits inside this tank had the end blocked and a 8 mm hole drilled into
the line to pick up the fuel.
John is going to cut this off and fit a 'sock' over the tube. The inside
of the tank will be lead coated.
As the job progresses John will send more photos.
How many knew of the swirl tank with in the tank and what it looked
like. How many knew that the pick up tube had the end blocked off?
Have a great weekend