John L. Walker wrote:
> Question #1: There's a tube coming out of the valve cover; I suspect that
> I've got a 4A engine in the car. Can I route this tube to any other part
> of the car to increase performance/economy/etc? Should I plug it?
> Should I worry?
You might just have a different valve cover. Check it out,
because if it's just the wrong valve cover, plugging is the
right solution.
Normally, you would connect this to something with a slight
vacuum, which constantly draws vapours and such out of the engine
through here.
> #2: I have to drain the (rancid) fuel that's in the tank now, anyone got
> any hints for this operation? I was going to disconnect the fuel lines
> at the fuel pump and let it dribble into a clean jar, or maybe just
> siphon most of it out and use the shop-vac to clean out the chunkies.
Eeeeks, no shop vac, as previously mentioned. That's a bomb.
A clean way to clean the tank out is to disconnect the fuel lines
at the carbs, stick them into a container, and hand pump the
fuel pump. As long as the tank is less than half full, it might
be faster to enjoy a beverage and do this, rather than working
with lines under the car.
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Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
tboicey@brit.ca
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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