The_Josh_Bear
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So I have dual tanks, a working selector valve and a 38 gallon rear tank.
At some point the current owner that shall remain nameless pulled a bone head move and broke the fill neck cause he forgot to loosen up the only hose clamp that MUST be loosened to drop the tank. So after pulling "just a little harder" it broke loose, literally.
Fast forward to new tank install, everything went well and I zipped her all up. Drove to work fine and came home up the big hill to my house and I ran out of fuel with like 35 gallons in the tank. Happened again the next morning going down my hill.
Runs up and down hills great on the front tank.
What gives?? Does this sound like the FSV is giving up or what? I didn't change or adjust anything with the fuel pickup since it worked great for years in the old 38.
BTW hot tip for the manual transmission boys and girls:
If you run out of fuel going up hill, it's easy to just switch tanks, put it in 2nd gear with the key on and roll-start it, right? Well guess what you do if you're facing up-hill? Put it in reverse and do the same thing! It purges the IP unbelievably fast and I love that trick. And if you don't drive a manual trans then
At some point the current owner that shall remain nameless pulled a bone head move and broke the fill neck cause he forgot to loosen up the only hose clamp that MUST be loosened to drop the tank. So after pulling "just a little harder" it broke loose, literally.
Fast forward to new tank install, everything went well and I zipped her all up. Drove to work fine and came home up the big hill to my house and I ran out of fuel with like 35 gallons in the tank. Happened again the next morning going down my hill.
Runs up and down hills great on the front tank.
What gives?? Does this sound like the FSV is giving up or what? I didn't change or adjust anything with the fuel pickup since it worked great for years in the old 38.
BTW hot tip for the manual transmission boys and girls:
If you run out of fuel going up hill, it's easy to just switch tanks, put it in 2nd gear with the key on and roll-start it, right? Well guess what you do if you're facing up-hill? Put it in reverse and do the same thing! It purges the IP unbelievably fast and I love that trick. And if you don't drive a manual trans then