I recently examined the baffle in my tank. I have the factory baffle. It was indeed closed at the bottom. There was a round, plastic "plate" that was rivited to the rest of the baffle. The baffle was not supposed to be open on the bottom. --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> wrote: > A problem more likely (in my car at least) is losing fuel pressure under > boost. A notorious killer of rotaries. It's happened before when the > in-tank hose split. Didn't destroy the engine, but it made both of us > cry. > > > On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:33:43 -0000 "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> > writes: > ... > > You also run risk of sucking air as low fuel level slides around our > > flat bottom tanks. Both factory baffle and John Hervey's open on the > > bottom. > ... > > funny you should say that; Grady told me that he thinks there used to be > bottoms on the baffle- connected at the rivets on the bottom of the > cylindrical plastic baffle. He thinks that it was made out of a plastic > that "didn't make it" swimming in gasoline for years. I don't know, but > when I looked in my tank, it looked like I was missing something. He > makes "reproduction" baffle bottoms. I bought one; been working fine for > me. > > It makes much more sense for the return line to feed into a "bowl"; I can > reasonably run at much lower fuel levels... > > Jim > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12c1lenvg/M=267637.4116732.5333197.1261774/D=egro upweb/S=1705126215:HM/EXP=1070639549/A=1853618/R=0/*http://www.netflix.com /Default?mqso=60178338&partid=4116732> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=267637.4116732.5333197.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1853618/rand=878734598> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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