RE: My test to date

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's a really old stockish cap. I guarantee there's no vacuum when you 
open the tank. I think the cap only keeps out things smaller than the 
tank neck.

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies

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dwalters@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> Rich Kinsley wrote:
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> > Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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> > Today I ran the engine at idle for almost a half hour. It got up to 
> > probably 185deg. Not bad. The fuel pressure started at 6.5psi and after 
> > about 5 minutes it started to drop. It wound up about 3.5psi. I couldn't 
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> > get a container around the regulator so my stepson wet down 3 shop 
> > towels and put them in the freezer. When they were good and stiff we 
> > wrapped them around the regulator. The pressure did not increase. 
> > Actually it went down just a bit. The regulator felt very cool too. He 
> > crawled under and said the pump motor was too hot to touch but the pump 
> > end wasn't too bad.
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> > I have a second gauge and adapter coming so I can put it ahead of the 
> > regulator and see if the pressure drop is indeed on the pump side. We'll 
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> > see where we go from here.
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> Rich,
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> This may have been covered already, but what type of gas cap are you 
> running? An aftermarket vented cap that isn't venting properly will 
> cause the problem you are having. 
> 
> Dave Walters
> Aurora, Co.



Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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