At 06:54 PM 11/22/98 -0800, you wrote:
>On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Jim Jones wrote:
>
>> Runs fine. Will change filter more often, although I can't think what the
>> black sludge is.
>
>Probably little bits of the rubber fuel hoses that are scattered
>throughout the fuel system.
>
>Next time you feel ambitious (and don't have much gas in the tank),
>probably should go around an replace them all. Materials costs is about
>$4, time consumed... more.
>
>It would be a good idea to do the ones found after the fuel filter for
>certain, though. The hoses on my car looked quite original (braided
>cloth-over-rubber) and were also quite cracked and perished-looking. I
>never noticed any sludge due to them... BUT I never had the engine running
>at the time either :-)
>
>-Malcolm
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Malcolm,
I have replaced all in the last two years. Is there a better material than
the stock auto-parts-store black rubber?
The sludge built up over about the same time as that was when I rebuilt the
carbs.
Thanks,
Jim
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