80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help

[John Stiles]

As Tom mentions here, when the petcock drain on the bottom of the
fuel tank is opened chances are that nothing will come out.
Something that you can easily make with either a welding rod or coat
hanger wire will easily assist you. Take the wire and bend it 90
degrees and leave around 6" or more on each "leg". With this bent
wire you can push it up through the petcock drain hole without your
hand being in the flow of fuel when the gunk loosens. This won't
totally clean your tank but at least you may get an idea of how much
of a gunk problem you may have. As someone else mentioned a bucket
is sufficient. The drain petcock is small enough that the flow
isn't that great. You may also get lucky "shock treating" your fuel
with a biocide. Racor brand biocide for example lists on the bottle
the quantity to use for standard use and how much to use as a shock
treatment. This will of course mean that you may have multiple
changes of Racor filters before you get a handle on things. It may
be worth a try...

Best of luck,

John Stiles
1980 33FC
"My Navion"



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Tom Warner
wrote:
> Ernie I have a strong suspicion that when he opens the drain valve
nothing
> will come out. Of course its not a good idea to look up into where
the hole
> is to investigate for you might get a face full of
diesel. But if
> the bottom of the tank is loaded with crud as many of these old
coaches
> are, then you are going to have to drive something up thru it to
get the
> fuel to start. Its not all going to come running out since the
tank is
> really not that deep but it is long and wide.
>
> Tom
>
> At 01:15 PM 5/31/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> >Go to a paint store and buy a 5 gallon bucket. When you remove
the drain
> >plug, you can see how much fuel is going into the bucket. Your
hands will
> >"love"
> >you for the immersion. Ernie-83PT40 in Texas
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