IMO any flakes are too many. The flakes mean the paint inside the
tanks and tubes is coming loose. Flakes mean there is contamination
through out the fuel system which will sooner or later leave you stranded
somewhere. Flakes can gather at the feed tube inlet, at the pump screen,
in the pump, in the fuel filter and possibly get into the carb, any of which
will reduce the fuel flow or shut fuel flow off.
I've been through this and I pulled the tanks to clean and seal
them. I also moved the pump into the trunk well and added a filter and
shut off valve before the pump.
Stalling only in right turns is probably a float or fuel level
problem. You need to check the float and fuel level and you should check
for any flakes in the fuel bowl or at the jets.
Ron Fraser
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of RCS
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:35 PM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: engine stall
How much fuel tank flaking is to much? On my weekly drive Sunday after
about 15 minutes of driving every time I turned right the engine would
stall. I could restart and had no problem driving 70mph down the interstate
or making left hand turns. My initial thought was a fuel delivery problem,
so I cut open a fuel filter that I had taken off a couple months ago to
check for the fuel tank flaking problem. There were black flakes in the
filter, not strurated, but flakes in all the folds. Could this be the
source of my stalling problem. Or does anyone have another idea
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