CarburetorsCarb discussion and questions. Upgrading your Third Gen's carburetor, swapping TBI to carburetor, or TPI to carburetor? Need LG4 or H.O. info? Post it here.
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#1 is the supply line from the tank, #2 is the return to the tank, #3 is the outlet to the carb.
Problem with trying to siphon these tanks is the filler neck has the opening into the tank facing up - basically the filler tube enters the tank horizontally, the end of the tube is capped off, and the top of the tube is cut open to allow fuel into the tank. Very hard to get a siphon tube to go to the bottom of the tank.
If your car is the HO, it may or may not have an in-tank electric pump (added late in the '83 model year, as I understand). If it does, you can take the supply line off of the mechanical pump, jumper the in-tank electric to run it, and drain it into a container. If it doesn't, you can try to siphon the gas out of the supply line disconnected from the mechanical pump.
#1 is the supply line from the tank, #2 is the return to the tank, #3 is the outlet to the carb.
Problem with trying to siphon these tanks is the filler neck has the opening into the tank facing up - basically the filler tube enters the tank horizontally, the end of the tube is capped off, and the top of the tube is cut open to allow fuel into the tank. Very hard to get a siphon tube to go to the bottom of the tank.
If your car is the HO, it may or may not have an in-tank electric pump (added late in the '83 model year, as I understand). If it does, you can take the supply line off of the mechanical pump, jumper the in-tank electric to run it, and drain it into a container. If it doesn't, you can try to siphon the gas out of the supply line disconnected from the mechanical pump.
Ok wow. So when I went to drain the oil from the engine, I got gasoline/oil mixture. About 7 quarts of it!!! Is there any chance that my manual pump could be leaking into the crank? It basically smells like gas-old gas!!
A leaking mechanical fuel pump diaphragm is the typical source for gasoline in the oil.
Mk. Yeah I thought so. I'm having a little bit of trouble trying to get the hardline to the carb off the pump but I'm wondering, is there a way to repair the gaskets in the pump?
