Fuel problem
#11
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Re: Fuel problem
I would suspect that the fuel pickup inside the tank is screwed up somehow.
Chris
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
Chris
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
#12
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Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
I would suspect that the fuel pickup inside the tank is screwed up somehow.
Chris
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
Chris
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
#13
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Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
I would suspect that the fuel pickup inside the tank is screwed up somehow.
Chris
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
Chris
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
#14
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Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
First thing that comes to mind is that someone with a Texas Credit
Card converted your full tank to his miles. BTW, where did you find a
syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>. I quit relying
on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
gas is a bit tricky.
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
<usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
--
Will Honea
Card converted your full tank to his miles. BTW, where did you find a
syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>. I quit relying
on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
gas is a bit tricky.
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
<usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
--
Will Honea
#15
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
First thing that comes to mind is that someone with a Texas Credit
Card converted your full tank to his miles. BTW, where did you find a
syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>. I quit relying
on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
gas is a bit tricky.
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
<usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
--
Will Honea
Card converted your full tank to his miles. BTW, where did you find a
syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>. I quit relying
on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
gas is a bit tricky.
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
<usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
--
Will Honea
#16
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
First thing that comes to mind is that someone with a Texas Credit
Card converted your full tank to his miles. BTW, where did you find a
syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>. I quit relying
on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
gas is a bit tricky.
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
<usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
--
Will Honea
Card converted your full tank to his miles. BTW, where did you find a
syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>. I quit relying
on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
gas is a bit tricky.
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
<usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
--
Will Honea
#17
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
First thing that comes to mind is that someone with a Texas Credit
Card converted your full tank to his miles. BTW, where did you find a
syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>. I quit relying
on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
gas is a bit tricky.
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
<usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
--
Will Honea
Card converted your full tank to his miles. BTW, where did you find a
syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>. I quit relying
on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
gas is a bit tricky.
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
<usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
--
Will Honea
#18
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Re: Fuel problem
"Will Honea" <hwj25(remove this)@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-GcMVGxGFEz9L@anon.none.net...
>
> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
> <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
> >
> > '76 CJ-7.
> > It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> > Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> > Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> > just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> > Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> > when it runs out of gas.
> > So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> > I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
> >
> > Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> > "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was
reading
> > very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> > like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just
now,
> > it went from dead E to a bit above E.
> >
> > I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> > It obviously doesn't leak.
> > What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few
gallons?
> > Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
> >
>
> First thing that comes to mind is that someone with a Texas Credit
> Card converted your full tank to his miles.
Since I didn't stop from the time I filled it to the time I stalled, I don't
think so.
> BTW, where did you find a
> syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
> enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>.
Actually I think it was like $.60 of gas. I squeezed the handle for about a
half second.
> I quit relying
> on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
> especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
> gas is a bit tricky.
I wasn't relying on the gauge, just saying it doesn't read correctly.
#19
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Re: Fuel problem
"Will Honea" <hwj25(remove this)@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-GcMVGxGFEz9L@anon.none.net...
>
> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
> <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
> >
> > '76 CJ-7.
> > It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> > Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> > Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> > just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> > Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> > when it runs out of gas.
> > So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> > I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
> >
> > Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> > "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was
reading
> > very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> > like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just
now,
> > it went from dead E to a bit above E.
> >
> > I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> > It obviously doesn't leak.
> > What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few
gallons?
> > Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
> >
>
> First thing that comes to mind is that someone with a Texas Credit
> Card converted your full tank to his miles.
Since I didn't stop from the time I filled it to the time I stalled, I don't
think so.
> BTW, where did you find a
> syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
> enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>.
Actually I think it was like $.60 of gas. I squeezed the handle for about a
half second.
> I quit relying
> on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
> especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
> gas is a bit tricky.
I wasn't relying on the gauge, just saying it doesn't read correctly.
#20
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Re: Fuel problem
"Will Honea" <hwj25(remove this)@qwest.net> wrote in message
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>
> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:42:38 UTC "Jay Stuler"
> <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
> >
> > '76 CJ-7.
> > It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> > Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> > Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> > just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> > Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> > when it runs out of gas.
> > So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> > I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
> >
> > Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> > "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was
reading
> > very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> > like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just
now,
> > it went from dead E to a bit above E.
> >
> > I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> > It obviously doesn't leak.
> > What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few
gallons?
> > Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
> >
>
> First thing that comes to mind is that someone with a Texas Credit
> Card converted your full tank to his miles.
Since I didn't stop from the time I filled it to the time I stalled, I don't
think so.
> BTW, where did you find a
> syringe small enough to manage $0.30 worth of gas? That's barely
> enough to wet the fill pipe on the way in anymore <g>.
Actually I think it was like $.60 of gas. I squeezed the handle for about a
half second.
> I quit relying
> on fuel guages when the old dip stick went with my Model A -
> especially after taking up flying where the option of walking for more
> gas is a bit tricky.
I wasn't relying on the gauge, just saying it doesn't read correctly.