01-04-2019, 09:59 AM
About 5 years ago my 1929 fabric saloon suffered a blockage in the fuel supply. It was fixed by attaching a pipe to the output of the petrol tap and blowing down it.
The problem never recurred until 3 weeks ago on a run round The Borders with the Borders Vintage Automobile Club we came to rest 3 times with the same problem and applied the same remedy.
There was a recent thread about slosh sealing petrol tanks recently. I contributed saying that I had treated my tank 10 years ago with no problems. I felt perhaps I had jinxed it!
Yesterday my son and I removed the tank and swilled it with petrol and poured it out to see what we could find.
The result was just 2 pieces of foreign matter. Otherwise the tank was completely clear.
It was all my fault of course. I went round the roundabout on the A68 near Melrose too fast so the dirt in the tank moved over to the fuel outlet which is on the nearside.
Slosh tank sealing completely vindicated.
The problem never recurred until 3 weeks ago on a run round The Borders with the Borders Vintage Automobile Club we came to rest 3 times with the same problem and applied the same remedy.
There was a recent thread about slosh sealing petrol tanks recently. I contributed saying that I had treated my tank 10 years ago with no problems. I felt perhaps I had jinxed it!
Yesterday my son and I removed the tank and swilled it with petrol and poured it out to see what we could find.
The result was just 2 pieces of foreign matter. Otherwise the tank was completely clear.
It was all my fault of course. I went round the roundabout on the A68 near Melrose too fast so the dirt in the tank moved over to the fuel outlet which is on the nearside.
Slosh tank sealing completely vindicated.
Jim