Re: truck dies

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Posted by Hal/WA on June 15, 2007 at 22:30:18 from (66.45.175.118):

In Reply to: truck dies posted by malcolm brumley on June 15, 2007 at 17:19:15:

Jerry's ideas are good ones. I would add that if you haven't really cleaned out the gas tank, there may be crud in there from old gas that clogs up the fuel line as it is sucked up by the fuel pump. After it sets for awhile, some of the crud settles back, allowing some fuel flow.

Steam cleaning the inside of a gas tank sometimes works. Other ways of cleaning out the gook are sloshing sharp edged fasteners like drywall screws around inside the tank with some lacquer thinner and alcohol in there. Be careful! Or a radiator shop may have a way of chemically cleaning the tank.

One time I was having similar troubles with a 50 GMC. It would go fine for a long time and then just quit. Then it would start again after a short time sitting still. It turned out that somehow a large fly had got in the tank and when it happened to get sucked up to the fuel outlet, it would stop it up and make it seem like it had run out of gas. It took removing the tank to figure it out and get the stupid fly out though. Good luck!

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