TheRabbit

Even when brand new every time I clean my fuel filter I find small pcs of foam in the filter. I recommend changing the foam at least every 3 years.
It's just cheap insurance to me. I HATE CARB OR FUEL PROBLEMS!

ashbros

I hate to amdit it, but I always pull all the foam out of my cell and flush the cell before installation...

TheYellaBrick

Same here Ash. It's an important part of the overall piece(racecar) and should be treated just like any hard part before installation. Just cuz it's new does not mean it's clean and chip free. Ideally you drain the fuel and pull the foam at the end of each racing season.

sstougard

Crazy sh&@! Ok, I blew out my lines and flushed it all. I took off my fuel bowls and checked everything. It all looked fine, nothing came out at all. I did have some crap in the vent line on the fuel cell, but nothing to freak about.

I fired it up and it did the same crap. At this point I went from being cool to boarderline nuts! I decided to take the entire fuel line out and filter, pump etc. I got as far as removing the fuel line. (The part from my pump is braided then to the fire wall it is tubing.) I too the tubing line down and was about to pull it out, which would have bent it to crap. Then I noticed some black stuff barely coming out of the end of the line. Turns out it was fuel cell foam.

Seriously, I really didnt imagine that the problem was foam. I checked it you when it was brought up, but I dont think I really believed it was the problem. But sure enough, put it all back together and and raced this weekend. I went 8 rounds counting the time trials with no problem with the fuel. I did toast my trans in the last run, but that is another story!

Thanks for the help guys, I was about to push the damn thing off a cliff. Trust me that is not small task here in Nebraska where we dont have any cliffs!

bbchevy

GREAT NEWS!
Theres Nothing Like FINDING a Problem,Other than FIXING IT?
Later
G 8)

ashbros

boarderline nuts!

The spoken words of a true drag racer..........
LOL

Its the little things that can ruin a good day of racing & will make you pull your hair out.

Now that you got that fixed, "It was not so bad was it?" :twisted: :roll: :?

TheRabbit

Glad you found the problem. NOW CHANGE THE FOAM and you should be ok for a while. It's a good idea to check the filter every so often because the foam no matter if new still breaks down.

ashbros

Well Lets hear the report hows it running