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32900
While doing your tests...place the electric pump closer to tank, they push better than they pull. Trace the fuel line all the way to carb...I found three...
TedA
solcat15
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Nov 3, 2009
2:50 pm
32901
This could be a redundant reply, but when our '76 Corsair started to do this 4 years ago we were also stumped, as was our MH mechanic.  Untill one time when...
Enid Metcalfe
stitcheryfriend
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Nov 3, 2009
4:47 pm
32902
OK, Our motorhome has been running decently of late. We are however getting a very strong fuel smell.. I am now suspecting a hole/split in a rubber hose or a...
BOB ROSS
antiqbob
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Nov 4, 2009
3:00 pm
32903
I don't understand the thought of having something done, at an expense, just to save one or two hundred in gas costs, if that's even possible! Why do U even...
Ted Kroll
wipermaker
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Nov 4, 2009
4:17 pm
32904
... Sorry, I'm overseas most of the year. Did I miss something? What's special about 2012???? Not another horrible regulation, I hope. Cindy...
wpmartin55
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Nov 5, 2009
10:18 am
32905
The "having something done" is to get the van to work AS IT SHOULD. Since I have owned it it has gotten terrible mileage. --Last weekend it went thru 3/4 of a...
BOB ROSS
antiqbob
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Nov 5, 2009
4:28 pm
32906
I agree with you Bob, the Diesel F-250 is probablly your best change to maximize your fuel economy.  Too bad it can't be ready in time.  Be safe, have a...
JerryK
regal5575
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Nov 5, 2009
6:04 pm
32907
Hello.... Thinking about the 3/4 of a tank @ 81 miles...(OUCH OUCH) Fast n dirty... IF IT WERE ME....Disconnect the fuel/gas line before the engine fuel pump...
badwillybiker
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Nov 6, 2009
2:47 am
32908
"Sorry, I'm overseas most of the year. Did I miss something? What's special about 2012???? Not another horrible regulation, I hope. Cindy" cindy Hate to be...
SkipC
kudaedge
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Nov 6, 2009
12:27 pm
32909
Nope. The 5,000 year old Mayan calendar comes to an end on December 12, 2012. Some folks didn't read the directions, which say, " find someone else to carve...
Ron Mitchell
ron8621
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Nov 6, 2009
1:11 pm
32910
Sort of like Y2K, but from a blood sacrificing culture instead of being invented by computer geeks.  There is a film capitalizing on that fear, and...
Jabba Truck
dafrogcar
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Nov 6, 2009
1:29 pm
32911
I agree. OUCH. Most engines can't burn that much fuel without flooding out and stalling. You got to have a leak somewhere. I had a 90 Plymouth voyager that...
Warren
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Nov 6, 2009
2:24 pm
32912
Well if the world is coming to an end. Socking up won't help. I'm just gonna sit back and see if there are any fireworks. :o) -- Warren 1989 GMC R2500 HD...
Warren
wncol2004
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Nov 6, 2009
2:38 pm
32913
You gotta love how many people believe what a movie predicts. Almost as funny as the original "War of the Worlds" broadcast when people turned on radios and...
Jerry Noone
rjerryc01
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Nov 6, 2009
3:02 pm
32914
also smell the oil dip stick have  had  fuel pumps leak, which is very dangerous, if it get in the oil, I had to pull the oil pan off and let it all air out...
Don Bahrman
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Nov 6, 2009
3:41 pm
32915
WHAT????? Please tell me you're kidding. Where did this come from? I haven't heard anything about it. D. Hammond...
D. Hammond
dhammondtx
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Nov 6, 2009
3:44 pm
32916
OH GEE WHIZZZ!!! Don't listen to that CRAP, I'm sure U know better then that!!! Ted ... From: classicrv@yahoogroups.com [mailto:classicrv@yahoogroups.com]On ...
Ted Kroll
wipermaker
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Nov 6, 2009
3:56 pm
32917
Whew! My husband said you'd have 4000 RVers lined up in front of Congress in Washington or something! I guess my sense of humor doesn't extend to the idea of...
D. Hammond
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Nov 6, 2009
4:16 pm
32918
I just purchased a 1973 Starcruiser in California and drove it back to Colorado. It had been sitting for two years and had a few problems getting up to speed...
gtrotter99
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Nov 7, 2009
1:53 pm
32919
Welcome to the ClassicRV group and congratulations on you new to you Starcruiser. In the "Links" section of our group you will find a link to the Winnebago...
JerryK
regal5575
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Nov 7, 2009
2:12 pm
32920
Bill/Badwilly,, Thanks for the idea, but sadly the engine is Fuel injected (or poured) LOL.. The answer came back in the idea that my plug wires (although only...
BOB ROSS
antiqbob
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Nov 7, 2009
2:17 pm
32921
Bob, Years ago I was going up the I-70 hill outside Denver towards Eisnehower pass.  As it got steeper the engine started missing more and more.  I had to...
JerryK
regal5575
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Nov 7, 2009
2:33 pm
32922
No choke on a fuel injected engine, though, and I thought the vehicle in question was FI. ________________________________ From: JerryK <regal5575@...> ...
Jabba Truck
dafrogcar
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Nov 7, 2009
2:47 pm
32923
Most (all?) fuel injected engines do have an "enrichment circuit" for cold starts. If it doesn't work at all, the engine can be really hard to get going when...
Ron Mitchell
ron8621
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Nov 7, 2009
3:39 pm
32924
Dear D Did you not see the :) at the end? Tt...
SkipC
kudaedge
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1:11 pm
32925
... Don That is what the little hole is in the FP casting is for. In case of a leak it is suppose to run out of the hole. I have seen people plug the hole,...
SkipC
kudaedge
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1:18 pm
32926
... If your windows are made by Hehr, Interstate Metals has parts for them. Happy Trails, Penny, TX...
PennyT
lakeconroepenny
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2:01 pm
32927
No. Sorry. I responded as tho it was true! ...sucker born every minute.. D....
D. Hammond
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4:05 pm
32928
Yes, guys the engine is fuel injected. The F.I. enrichment system (choke?) is what I consider a very likely culprit for SOME of the problem.. At start up, the...
BOB ROSS
antiqbob
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4:15 pm
32929
BOB: An FI engine will run rich if the temperature sender fails. The system goes to rich on start-up because the temp sender tells the computer the engine is...
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