'82 runs outta gas on hard right turns

[jtoomasson@yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Not that I have a solution,  but I had this problem in my '82 cabby and it
pissed me off to no end!

I always made sure it was >1/2 full before someone took a test drive when I
sold it! (Jeff's going to hell...  >:)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Walter" <dwalter2@wi.rr.com>
To: "Curt Voss" <curtv@eudoramail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 4:15 PM
Subject: RE: '82 runs outta gas on hard right turns


> This happened to me on hard left turns.  Put in new fuel pumps and problem
> went away.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Curt Voss
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:40 AM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: '82 runs outta gas on hard right turns
>
>
> I know I've seen this discussed but never seen a fix. At 1/2 tank or less
> of gas my '82 (old setup with no prepump) stalls in hard right turns, like
> usually 3/4 of the way through a cloverleaf onramp. It gets worse as the
> fuel level drops. I stuck a hose onto the exterior outlet of the gas tank
> and blew through it, and got bubbles around the end of the interior rubber
> hose where it connects to the pickup in the center of the tank, so I'm
> thinking that's probably at least part of the problem. I know the
> conventional wisdom is that it's inherent in the design of the tank, but
> I'm not sure that's the case, since my Rabbit has what looks like the same
> design and it never had that problem even when the gauge showed empty.
> So... has anyone successfully fixed this problem? Can that hose be
replaced
> without replacing the tank?
>
>
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