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 Post subject: gas reclaim line
PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 6:25 am 
I recently discovered a gas line leak just ahead of rear passenger side wheel on my '80 Volare. Suspected it was reclaim line so I installed an older gas filter I had kicking around (with out the 't' for the reclaim line) No more gas smell and the motor is running great. Are there any problems I need to be aware of? Do I need an after market fuel cap to vent tank (my vent line running to the charcoal canister is still intact) I never capped reclaim line comming from tank and have had no leaks from this line, any concerns? Should I trace this line back to the tank and cap? I've been told the reclaim is to keep carb from percolating. True?

todd.fenton@sympatico.ca


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 1:01 pm 
The return system should be fine with the filter you added.
I wonder if the added filter will trap anything? (there should be nothing but clean fuel & vapors in the return line part of the fuel system)
DD
(User Above) wrote:
:
: I recently discovered a gas line leak just
: ahead of rear passenger side wheel on my '80
: Volare. Suspected it was reclaim line so I
: installed an older gas filter I had kicking
: around (with out the 't' for the reclaim
: line) No more gas smell and the motor is
: running great. Are there any problems I need
: to be aware of? Do I need an after market
: fuel cap to vent tank (my vent line running
: to the charcoal canister is still intact) I
: never capped reclaim line comming from tank
: and have had no leaks from this line, any
: concerns? Should I trace this line back to
: the tank and cap? I've been told the reclaim
: is to keep carb from percolating. True?


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 9:34 am 
(User Above) wrote:
: The return system should be fine with the
: filter you added.
: I wonder if the added filter will trap
: anything? (there should be nothing but clean
: fuel & vapors in the return line part of
: the fuel system)
: DD

Think you misunderstood. By adding older style filter I eliminated the return line altogether. I just left the old line in place from tank to engine and all seems o.k..

todd.fenton@sympatico.ca


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 11:42 am 
(User Above) wrote:
: Think you misunderstood. By adding older style
: filter I eliminated the return line
: altogether. I just left the old line in
: place from tank to engine and all seems
: o.k..


Opps, I thought you added a second filter to repair the leak in the return line.

Return lines are a good thing, I add them into the early cars I have to prevent vapor lock and excess pressure on the needle valve (and drip through) after shut down.
Hot day vopor lock or hard restart after 5 to 10 minutes of shut down will tell you if disconnecting your return line as introduced new problems.
DD


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