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Raven 03-12-2007 06:48 AM

GAS LINE Froze
 
those howling winds were fierce last week and actually froze the gas line in the wife's car....
because it wouldn't start for nuthin for a couple of days
....i pulled a side boot out of the air manifold and sprayed in some ether and it kicked over
... then quit.... a sure sign of fuel starvation....
requiring three more spray and starts to get it to run again.
This morning despite a real hard frost here this morning it
started just fine.

Come on spring,,,,, you can do it :rolleyes:

Swimmer 03-12-2007 11:08 AM

Diesel? Or is there moisture in the gas line?

Raven 03-12-2007 12:49 PM

no swimmer it's a toyota Camry... and that was the first time it wouldn't start period... when it was in the single digits with wind chill.

i must have cranked it over 200 times and it would not catch.
the battery was starting to get weak...

it's the only thing i could think of ...unless the butterfly mechanism on the carb wouldnt close for a full choke .....it just wasn't gonna start.

then when i tried ether...it started and quit.. started and quit
like only the ether was being burned...

running fine now , and spring like temps have arrived thank god.

justplugit 03-12-2007 07:26 PM

Ethanol can cause moisture too, especiallly if it sits in the tank for awhile. :(

Karl F 03-12-2007 07:27 PM

Carb???
no fuel injection?
yikes.. late eighties model??

Karl F 03-12-2007 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justplugit (Post 473227)
Ethanol can cause moisture too, especiallly if it sits in the tank for awhile. :(


yep.. mine don't get to sit too long.. tho..

been told that a half full or less tank isn't good either.. condensation forms faster.. or sumpthing like that.

Raven 03-12-2007 07:36 PM

nope its a 92.... i went to carbuerator school

the teacher could make one... even
but yeah this is fuel injected...

running good now........phew!


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