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nealb · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:05 am Post subject: Thanks to David Graves

Thanks to David Graves for organizing the trip to Muenster, and for his help later on my trip home.

David followed us home from where we stopped on I35. And thanks to everyone else that stopped to offer assistance.

Not sure yet, but believe we got a bad tank of gas just before going to Braum’s. As we got to Muenster, car didn’t want to idle in the parking lot. After leaving, it started surging and acting as if it were running out of gas. Stopping briefly apparently let the electric fuel pump catch up and I could go a few more miles.

Driving slowly helped and we got home without more drama. David followed us just in case; a long way out of his way.

Clear gas filter is brown, and electric pump runs constantly even with engine off as if straining with junk in it (no gas leaking inside carb).

Going to drain everything and replace stuff and see. Just installed new tank and internals a few hundred miles ago just “because” so now get to do it again.
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56 BelAir cruiser
03 Z06 and 04 Silverado daily drivers

nealb · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:04 am Post subject:

an update

the cause of my problem was that the electric fuel pump died

car ran that way so I checked the pressure and it was barely above zero

don't know if the fuel caused it by being full of junk that clogged the pump or what

will know more when take it apart and when strain the fuel and see what if anything is in it
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56 BelAir cruiser
03 Z06 and 04 Silverado daily drivers