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Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:23:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Steven Mills <StevenM@RED-ROCK.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steven Mills <StevenM@RED-ROCK.COM>
Subject:      90 Vanagon/Westy fuel problem
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15 yrs at driving a Vanagon and do my own work, yet this has me stumped. Recent loss of pwr while at highway speed. Acted as if it may be a fuel filter and I replaced. Immediate improvement. Happened again a few weeks later and left stranded on road side. Always have spares of pump and filters, as I am often where they can't be found. When I took pump off, inlet was clogged with sediment. Definite time for tank replacement and did so. No luck. Would crank and fire, just no fuel. Looked under to see that tank had sucked up in a concave manner, so took line off and blew out with air hose to pop back in shape. Would then start, but run for a few seconds and die. Tried with gas cap off, etc. took all fuel lines loose and blew thru them. No fix. Bench checked fuel pump and it pressures right up. Could the fuel pressure regulator valve been trashed with the suction that caused the tank to collapse? Something is not letting the system pressure equalize as the fuel level drops is all I can think of. Any ideas?


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