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Old 03-29-2009, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Wells View Post
fuel starvation on many of these occurs when the tank is 1/3 or less full and upon wide open throttle acceleration- cuz the fuel gets sloshed away from the fuel pick up .

when that happened to me , i filled the tank to 3/4 or more and the problem went away . others report similar problems with same fix, ie ; Fill her up - or get it over 1/2.

also, I located my sales brochure from when my car was built and it listed the fuel capacity ( then anyway ) as 17 gals . Bill
Exactly my point.

A larger, sump included, baffle provided fuel tank is what I'll be looking to work on.

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