GBsPanhead
Active Member
So....I been doing preventative maintence on the '69 300. Last weekend I changed out the fuel filter, (plastic kind), and lines from pump out, to filter to carb. Started right up like she always does with engine barley having to crank/turn over before she would start. All was good. Went to start this morning, crank, and crank, and crank before she started. Hmmmmm. Worked on my gauges all day. At end of day, just happened to look at the fuel filter and was dry. Went to start, crank, and crank, an crank, then she fired off, no issues. Could see fuel in filter after she started, ran fine. Turn motor off, wait a couple minutes, started right up again. Like why is filter bleeding down after a few hours?
Researching here, going to put metal filters before and after pump, and most likely change pump while down there.
Question is what happened? Is fuel leaking back down lines? Hopefully not into motor some how. Oil smelled like oil, no gas smell in oil. All was good, started right up before I changed filter. Old filter was plastic too. Not sure why filter would be dry after sitting a few hours, and have a long crank while filter fills up, then starts.
One thing for sure I like about these old cars is no computers! No crank sensors, no fancy electronics to try and figure out!
Thanks for any insight!!
Researching here, going to put metal filters before and after pump, and most likely change pump while down there.
Question is what happened? Is fuel leaking back down lines? Hopefully not into motor some how. Oil smelled like oil, no gas smell in oil. All was good, started right up before I changed filter. Old filter was plastic too. Not sure why filter would be dry after sitting a few hours, and have a long crank while filter fills up, then starts.
One thing for sure I like about these old cars is no computers! No crank sensors, no fancy electronics to try and figure out!
Thanks for any insight!!
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