[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by Alfa02

Boy, the more I think about this, the more it comes back to a coggled fuel pick-up in the tank. The car's 40yo, probably sat most the time, fuel tank metal breaks down (Scale, rust). Bill what do you think?? My 73 Volvo 1800ES, had to remove the tank (10years ago) because of that problem, couldn't find another gas tank (Most rusted out) the tank guy, boiled out, and glassed (Fiberglass) the inside of the tank, good to go. Mine was so bad, after 10mins of idling it would clog, and died. Or a Vapor lock is a possibility. Chupee, it worth checking. Cheers Tom.

Tom,

Posted this on CC back on 8-17-2003 at 07:54 AM:

Originally Posted by mrmustang

Purchased a 1970 GTO convertible in the spring of 1984 (back half being used as a chicken coop), intermittent fuel starvation problems under heavy acceleration...Started with the filter, fuel pump, carb, fuel lines...last item, hot tank the fuel tank at the local radiator shop......Found problem, dead rat in gas tank, under hard acceleration, the tail of this dead critter was getting sucked up in to the fuel pickup, thus causing the flow of fuel to stop, and the car to die...........


Scary but true...................

Makes you wonder what the backstory is on cars we have owned in the past

Bill S.