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Old 05-08-2021, 12:18 PM   #8
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Re: Fuel problems

My '77 C10 got all new lines, tanks, pump, filters, the works, when I put it all together years ago. I went through three brand new Carter mechanical pumps, and the filter always seems marginal, but I also was starving the carb of fuel in traffic - it just wasn't getting fuel.

I re-routed lines, I put heat-wrap on the fuel lines around the motor and headers, I put the filter after the pump instead of before, but nothing improved it - except switching to an electric pump which has been the best thing ever. I am running an AC Delco EP12S.
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