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Posted By Discussion Topic: Fuel line plugged -- page: 1 2 3 4     mzahorik 09-24-2018 @ 9:49 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 209 Joined: Nov 2009 Recently while driving my 1937 Ford 78, the engine died. It felt like I ran out of gas and coasted to a stop. After getting a tow home, I found some white stuff in my sediment bowl. I also found a wad of this same stuff at the union of the steel line to the rubber line leading to the fuel pump. See picture. To me it looks like pieces of a plastic shopping bag. It is thin and somehow apparently gets sucked up through the fuel line. So, there must be something in my gas tank. Anyone ever see anything like this? Thanks Mike CharlieStephens 09-24-2018 @ 10:14 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 922 Joined: Oct 2009 My guess would be that someone used teflon tape to seal a fitting and that is what you are looking at. If that is the case you are lucky and there won't be anything in the tank. Charlie Stephens mzahorik 09-24-2018 @ 11:28 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 209 Joined: Nov 2009 Could be, but these pieces are larger than 1/2" tape. The unfolded piece is about 1 inch square. Mike woodiewagon46 09-24-2018 @ 11:49 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 723 Joined: Nov 2012 If someone used the old type gas tank sealer, it may be being attacked by the new ethanol fuel. From what I have been told the two aren't compatible. Those pieces look much bigger than teflon tape. 6lucky13 09-24-2018 @ 1:35 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 57 Joined: Jun 2011 That was my thought also...gas tank sealer peeling off the tank surface. Kerry Kerry mzahorik 09-24-2018 @ 1:46 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 209 Joined: Nov 2009 Geezzz.... if it's old sealer, I'll have to remove the tank and get it cleaned. Maybe once the tank is out of the car I can get a better look inside. Mike kubes40 09-24-2018 @ 2:20 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 3575 Joined: Oct 2009 Cleaning the tank must be done extremely well. If not, and new sealer is applied, it'll peel off due to the poor surface to which it was applied. Think along the lines of painting... the paint adheres only as good as the surface was prepared. I'd hate to see you go to all of this effort only to relive it at some future date. You might consider a new tank. The Drake tanks are decent and fairly priced. Not concourse correct and you can't use an authentic sending unit but may fit your needs. just a thought... Mike "Kube" Kubarth woodiewagon46 09-24-2018 @ 3:58 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 723 Joined: Nov 2012 I'm going thru the same situation with a Model A gas tank. It was sealed in the early '70s and the stuff is now coming off in pieces similar to the ones you show. The other issue is that the new type sealant is not compatable and won't adhere to the old sealer. If I can't find a suitable replacement tank at Hershey I'm going to cut access holes in the bottom of the tank and have the inside sandblasted and recoat it with the new type sealer from Bill Hirsch. I have been reading about a process called Re-Nu, that looks like cured J-B Weld and hard as a rock and have to research it further. TomO 09-24-2018 @ 8:35 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7385 Joined: Oct 2009 Mike, you can remove the sending unit by removing an access panel in the trunk. Then you can get a decent look at the interior of the tank. I just had the tank on my Lincoln cleaned of old sealer this Spring. It looks like someone did not drain the excess out of the tank when they coated it or coated it without cleaning properly. Tom mzahorik 09-25-2018 @ 7:33 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 209 Joined: Nov 2009 Well...... looks like you guys are correct. Someone had definitely been in the tank in the past. It has a nice coat of paint on the outside, the sender wiring has been changed and the sender is bolted in with Allen screws. I got the sender out. Now would be a nice time to test it. My gas gauge doesn't work quite right. BUT.... looking in the tank there are large areas of bare metal shining back at me, but also, sheets of this off white plastic sheet stuff, A lot of it looks like it is loose. It's a shame that someone did a lot of work that didn't last. I'll have to drain the tank and get it out. There must be some thing that will clean that stuff out. Look what the gasoline did to it. Mike

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