Mechanical/fuel perplexity
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:23 pm
Hi to all.
Anybody had a problem similar to this, if so could you give me your ideas as to what may be wrong. In preparation for taking my Mother (89) on a trip to see her brothers (97 & 83) we thought it would be a good idea to see if she could handle the ride so we went for a short drive of about 240 miles round trip.
Before leaving I topped of both tanks so there was plenty of fuel. The front tank sending unit on the fuel tank pooped out so it was not working, I used the front tank figureing that when or if I ran out of gas I would switch over to the rear. I used the coach air and generator for part of the drive just to check it out and it worked just fine, in fact had to shut it down because it got to cool for my mother even though the day turned out to be a record 90 degrees.
About 8 miles from our destination, the van just lost power and would not run so I figured the tank had run out and switched over but it still would not start so I had to pull over and stop.(bathroom break for the wife and mother). After turning the ignition on and off a few cycles for the pump to charge up, the van started right up and we got to our destination where I went to a station to fill up.
The rear tank took less then a gallon and the front tank took less than eight gallons which was a relief in one way knowing that my milage was around 15 at 70mph, even with the coach air on. My problem is why did it quit. I am thinking that maybe something got sucked up from the tank but with new fuel pumps installed before purchase and it running like a charm on the second tank that that is not the case. It can't be a vapor lock I don't think because it is fuel injected so if there are any ideas out there, thank you in advance.
Sorry for the length and proud to be a member.
Craig
My vehicle is a 1991 with duel fuel tanks(41 gal)
Anybody had a problem similar to this, if so could you give me your ideas as to what may be wrong. In preparation for taking my Mother (89) on a trip to see her brothers (97 & 83) we thought it would be a good idea to see if she could handle the ride so we went for a short drive of about 240 miles round trip.
Before leaving I topped of both tanks so there was plenty of fuel. The front tank sending unit on the fuel tank pooped out so it was not working, I used the front tank figureing that when or if I ran out of gas I would switch over to the rear. I used the coach air and generator for part of the drive just to check it out and it worked just fine, in fact had to shut it down because it got to cool for my mother even though the day turned out to be a record 90 degrees.
About 8 miles from our destination, the van just lost power and would not run so I figured the tank had run out and switched over but it still would not start so I had to pull over and stop.(bathroom break for the wife and mother). After turning the ignition on and off a few cycles for the pump to charge up, the van started right up and we got to our destination where I went to a station to fill up.
The rear tank took less then a gallon and the front tank took less than eight gallons which was a relief in one way knowing that my milage was around 15 at 70mph, even with the coach air on. My problem is why did it quit. I am thinking that maybe something got sucked up from the tank but with new fuel pumps installed before purchase and it running like a charm on the second tank that that is not the case. It can't be a vapor lock I don't think because it is fuel injected so if there are any ideas out there, thank you in advance.
Sorry for the length and proud to be a member.
Craig
My vehicle is a 1991 with duel fuel tanks(41 gal)