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todd m fenton
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gas reclaim line
(Thu Apr 18, 2002 6:25 am)
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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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Doc.
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Re: gas filter in the return line
(Thu Apr 18, 2002 1:01 pm)
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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
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: 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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TODD FENTON
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Re: gas filter in the return line
(Fri Apr 19, 2002 9:34 am)
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: 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
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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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Doc.
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Re: gas filter in the return line
(Fri Apr 19, 2002 11:42 am)
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: 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..
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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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