Danica
Silver Member
All the syptoms point to fuel starvation - which means as annoying as this is, it is still a better type of mechanical problem than something broken.
This sounds too simple, but could it be that the air vent is clogged on the fuel tank? Well, probably not since you do say,
"....When it died just now I quickly unhooked the fuel line to the filter and it was gushing out. So, this suggests it can’t be fuel starvation or I’d have just a trickle coming down from tank."
But it costs nothing to quickly loosen the fuel filler cap when it starts to die. Simple test.
Uh....back to your quote - which fuel line did you unhook? Was it the one from the fuel tank to the filter? Or the one from the the filter to the inlet to the fuel pump?
It doesn't matter, because all I'm going to say is that is a good test but would repeat it and this time unhook the other line just to make sure that there wasn't a bubble of air hiding out of sight and then expanding with heat. THat kind of hidden air bubble could be in either the fuel filter cap or the solenoid & gets warm, expands, and shuts off the flow.
And let it run into a can or jar for a few seconds to make sure that you really have continuous flow and are not just emptying the cup of fuel trapped in the hose by the air bubble.
luck,
rScotty
good luck beats good planning
Yes I blew out every line to the sediment bowl/filter including the one from the tank. The others I disconnected both ends and shot air thru them. So every line has been cleared of any sort of obstruction. And, yep I did try the tank cap trick many times!
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