fuel problem
Hi all,
i bought a VS and all was fine until the fuel got down to a quarter of a tank, once it hits this level and i turn a left hand corner she cuts out (fuel starved). Anyone come across this before and is it the pick up in the tank, pump im sort of at a loss and dont wanna blow heaps of coin replacing everything if i dont need to.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
fuel probs
Could be one of your fuel pumps, my external one died a year ago so unfortunately i had to replace it so i put a clubsport one in, unfortunately u may have to get it checked out which may mean spending $$ good luck
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Exactly this is happening to me at the moment. Mine does it on the last line just above the E. I was told it had something to do with a swirl pot or something.
Return line to the swirl pot inside the tank has probably broken, pump pickup is in the swirl pot and return fuel is sprayed in the pot through a jet which is supposed to make the fuel swirl around the pickup keeping it submerged, when it breaks the fuel is just sprayed into the tank so when you corner the fuel runs away from the pot and the pump pickup runs dry.
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As above....return hose to swirl pot....it may have just gotten dislodged or broken usually when the pump is changed. People have managed to replace this hose but you need long thin fingers plus the hose is a special type that can stand being immersed in petrol and is expensive.....think about $50 for 300mm. If the old hose is just dislodged you may be able to get it back in position. You would need to drop the tank to do this properly. Other options are another tank which may have the same problem or keep the fuel above 1/4. Do a search as someone had a thread on replacing the hose.
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This May help....
fuel-tank-fuel-pump-assembly-swirl-pot
Shows a cut-away tank... people here should be able to tell you which hose is what in the pictures...
thanks for the insight guys.......have been talking to a couple of different people and none of them had any idea........im guessing if you drop the fuel and tank then you would be able to get to the swirl pot to have a look???
my post timing was bad... look above your recent post ^^^^^^^^Originally Posted by Jman_83
thanks for the link some helpful info on there
( .Y. )
How do you get to it without a angle grinder? And is it at all possible that when I installed my fuel cradle I completely missed the swirl pot? (sorry to hijack your thread "j-man")
not a drama 304runner any help is good help.......from memory the other day when following the link above there was some helpful info bout using some needle nose pliers or a 10yr old sons hands (if you have one handy) to get inside without butchering the old girls tank hope it helps mate
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Was having similar problems. Might be able to reach it if you or a friend has small hands. See the pics of when I fixed mine. Fuel return line inside tank
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