tigeraid
12-28-2002, 05:56 PM
Alright here's the deal... a month ago (as I posted in the Carb section), the car suddenly stalled coming to a stop and never started again... it was revealed that there was a ton of water in the fuel filter... changed it, ran gasline antifreeze through it, and it ran great for a month.
Tonight, driving home, without warning the motor stutters and almost dies, kicks back up, almost dies, then dies ... definete lack of fuel, doesn't smell or feel like flooding. Came to a stop, cranked and started, kept going, after a couple minutes same thing, dies again. Repeated this x3 and then it just wouldn't start at all. Lack of fuel for sure, I'm thinking.
So I'm thinking all over again, more water in the gas somehow, gonna hafta change the filter etc etc (gotta drive to work, nowhere to work on it, fun) ...
The area around the filler neck, a common rust problem for these cars, was filled in with that shitty instant-hardening foam crap by the previous owner, prolly cuz it was so rotten.
So just for the hell of it, I take the gas cap off. BOOM starts almost immediately, seems to run fine, I drive it around the parking lot for about 3 minutes, no stalling no problem. I towed it home just to be safe, but multiple times I shut it off and started it back up--works well.
I notice an ever-so-slight miss now but that may only be temporary, I haven't driven it around a lot for obvious reasons. My question is, is a 3g gas tank supposed to have a vent to atmosphere? I know all the older carbureted cars I've ever worked on do, but some carb'd systems are sealed with a return line ... anyone had a similar problem? If so, my solution will just be to drill a small hole in the gas cap pointed downward, and hopefully all this bullshit will be over with. Appreciate a response ASAP :)
Tonight, driving home, without warning the motor stutters and almost dies, kicks back up, almost dies, then dies ... definete lack of fuel, doesn't smell or feel like flooding. Came to a stop, cranked and started, kept going, after a couple minutes same thing, dies again. Repeated this x3 and then it just wouldn't start at all. Lack of fuel for sure, I'm thinking.
So I'm thinking all over again, more water in the gas somehow, gonna hafta change the filter etc etc (gotta drive to work, nowhere to work on it, fun) ...
The area around the filler neck, a common rust problem for these cars, was filled in with that shitty instant-hardening foam crap by the previous owner, prolly cuz it was so rotten.
So just for the hell of it, I take the gas cap off. BOOM starts almost immediately, seems to run fine, I drive it around the parking lot for about 3 minutes, no stalling no problem. I towed it home just to be safe, but multiple times I shut it off and started it back up--works well.
I notice an ever-so-slight miss now but that may only be temporary, I haven't driven it around a lot for obvious reasons. My question is, is a 3g gas tank supposed to have a vent to atmosphere? I know all the older carbureted cars I've ever worked on do, but some carb'd systems are sealed with a return line ... anyone had a similar problem? If so, my solution will just be to drill a small hole in the gas cap pointed downward, and hopefully all this bullshit will be over with. Appreciate a response ASAP :)