Normal. Though the fuel outlet tube on the tank looks to be fairly low, inside the tank it rises in an arch as it heads for the real pickup point low in the center of the tank. Unless a siphon effect is seen, fuel won't come out just because the level is above the outlet tube level. This is one reason why people who run out of gas sometimes have trouble getting running again unless they fill the tank way up. Just putting in a gallon is not enough if it was run dry since the pump can have trouble getting the flow going if the pump itself is dry. Mark Curt Newsome wrote: > ........ > I also discovered something else. I had a pan laid > out to catch the gas from the tank until I could plug > the line. Much to my surprise after the initial spurt > from the line the flow stopped. I even removed the > line from the tank completely to splice in the new > prefilter and gas did not so much as drip out of the > tank. Is this normal, or just more evidence of a big > sludge deposit at the bottom of the tank? I expected > a constant stream until I could plug the line. > > ............. |
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