Following 5 or 6 tanks of fuel since my engine rebuild, the car quit in traffic (in the middle of a construction zone RIGHT where the road was narrowed to one lane by the way!!). Thanks to a few car guys who were parked nearby, I got pushed off the road quickly.
After some fault finding, I found the fuel filter was clogged and I couldn't even blow a breath through it. I'm using the stock type fuel filter that screws into the autolite 2100 carb and it was replaced last March. I immediately saw some fuel tank repair / replacement in my future but carried on and found a service station to blow the filter out to get me home. I noticed the car had a little more "get up and go" right away so I guess it's been clogging over time.
Once home, I pulled the filter off again and it was constricted again, not blocked, but definately restricted more than after it was blown out. I decided to cut the end off the canister and see just what kind of crap was living in my filter (rust, particles...etc). To my surprise, there wasn't even the smallest amount of debris on the white rag once disassembled...completely clean!! After cleaning the filter element (a white nylon looking screen over a plastic frame) I pushed it back into the can and it doesn't blow as easily as another new one.
I'm looking now at putting an inline filter before and after the fuel pump as well as completely removing the stock filter from the carb and plumbing direct to the carb.
What are your thoughts on my solution to this issue? I had an old Ford guy tell me that Ford got rid of those carb fuel filters because of issues with flow in them. Where there was no debris in the filter, do I need to investigate deeper into my tank for sediment or rust?
Thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
Darren
After some fault finding, I found the fuel filter was clogged and I couldn't even blow a breath through it. I'm using the stock type fuel filter that screws into the autolite 2100 carb and it was replaced last March. I immediately saw some fuel tank repair / replacement in my future but carried on and found a service station to blow the filter out to get me home. I noticed the car had a little more "get up and go" right away so I guess it's been clogging over time.
Once home, I pulled the filter off again and it was constricted again, not blocked, but definately restricted more than after it was blown out. I decided to cut the end off the canister and see just what kind of crap was living in my filter (rust, particles...etc). To my surprise, there wasn't even the smallest amount of debris on the white rag once disassembled...completely clean!! After cleaning the filter element (a white nylon looking screen over a plastic frame) I pushed it back into the can and it doesn't blow as easily as another new one.
I'm looking now at putting an inline filter before and after the fuel pump as well as completely removing the stock filter from the carb and plumbing direct to the carb.
What are your thoughts on my solution to this issue? I had an old Ford guy tell me that Ford got rid of those carb fuel filters because of issues with flow in them. Where there was no debris in the filter, do I need to investigate deeper into my tank for sediment or rust?
Thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
Darren