Head pressure will feed the fuel until the pressuer in the sight gauge becomes so small that you will draw fuel fron the gauge. Your engine may sputter and stop because of the air being drawn in from the sight gauge, Virg Put separate feed to each!!
On Tue, 24 May 2005 13:19:55 +0200 Serge VIDAL <serge.vi...@sagem.com> writes: > That's the case, Virg. What kind of probems do you foresee? > > Serge > > > > > > VIRGIL N SALISBURY <virg...@juno.com> > > Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net > 2005-05-24 12:59 > Veuillez répondre à KRnet > Remis le : 2005-05-24 13:03 > > > Pour : kr...@mylist.net > cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) > Objet : Re: KR> Fuel gauge mystery > > > > If you have a "T" at the bottom, feeding the carb and bottom > of > the sight gauge, > it WILL cause problems, Virg > > On Tue, 24 May 2005 10:42:27 +0200 Serge VIDAL > <serge.vi...@sagem.com> > writes: > > On my KR2, the fuel gauge is a plain and simple sight gauge (clear > > > plastic > > tubing linked to the top and bottom of the tank). > > > > One mystery I was never able to solve is that the gauge has a lag. > > > When > > the tank is amost full, it takes forever before the level drops, > > then it > > suddenly drops when the tank is about half full. > > > > I tried to increase the line diameter to an ID of 6.35 mm (1/4"), > to > > no > > avail. > > > > Do you think that a bend-down on the top tube could explain > that? > > > > The only other explanation I could find would be that the top > > connexion to > > the tank would be clogged. > > > > Serge Vidal > > KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" > > Paris, France > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at > > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL > www.lubedealer.com/salisbury > Miami ,Fl > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl
