A fuel leak has been repaired by my local garage by replacing a small section of the fuel pipe which feeds the engine from the main fuel tank. They told me the replaced section is about 1 inch or so.
Since then the cruiser displays the following symptoms:
I have an auxiliary fuel tank installed with feeds the engine separately. I select between the 2 fuel tanks via an electrical switch. None of the above symptoms occurs when I drive using the auxiliary tank. Revs up nicely beyond 2200 rpm and no cutting out whatsoever at anytime.
I initially thought that perhaps some dirt got into the fuel filters when they fixed the pipe but as the engine runs absolutely fine from the auxiliary tank then I guess that should exclude it. I also suspected that the section of pipe they replaced was perhaps of a smaller diameter than the original pipe but when I discussed this with the garage they said that this wasn’t the case and the diameter matched that of the existing fuel line.
Could it be possible that the replacement section isn’t sealed off properly and somehow air is sucked into the fuel line as the rev increases, assuming this would cause a problem like this?
But then why on a couple of occasions would the engine stall after a 100 yards or so when it has been switched off for some time and without reaching those revs?
I have driven about 100 miles since the pipe has been repaired. The main tank is about half full. The car is going back in the garage on Tuesday as they have agreed to have a look at it but I have not much confidence that they will fix it especially as they have already set the scene by stating that they only replaced the leaking section and haven’t touched anything else and so “it must be another fault that has suddenly developed” !!! Needless to say that the car drove absolutely fine before it went into the garage.
Is there anything else you guys could think of that may cause this problem after such a repair?
Cheers
Since then the cruiser displays the following symptoms:
- Always when accelerating up to and reaching approximately 2200/2400 rpm the car starts to shudder. When I reduce rpm the engine runs fine again but sometimes (not always) very shortly after that will start to lose power and the engine will cut out altogether.
- On 2 occasions, when the car has been parked overnight, I am able to drive perhaps 100 yards or so before the car suddenly cuts out even though I didn’t rev up to 2200 rpm.
I have an auxiliary fuel tank installed with feeds the engine separately. I select between the 2 fuel tanks via an electrical switch. None of the above symptoms occurs when I drive using the auxiliary tank. Revs up nicely beyond 2200 rpm and no cutting out whatsoever at anytime.
I initially thought that perhaps some dirt got into the fuel filters when they fixed the pipe but as the engine runs absolutely fine from the auxiliary tank then I guess that should exclude it. I also suspected that the section of pipe they replaced was perhaps of a smaller diameter than the original pipe but when I discussed this with the garage they said that this wasn’t the case and the diameter matched that of the existing fuel line.
Could it be possible that the replacement section isn’t sealed off properly and somehow air is sucked into the fuel line as the rev increases, assuming this would cause a problem like this?
But then why on a couple of occasions would the engine stall after a 100 yards or so when it has been switched off for some time and without reaching those revs?
I have driven about 100 miles since the pipe has been repaired. The main tank is about half full. The car is going back in the garage on Tuesday as they have agreed to have a look at it but I have not much confidence that they will fix it especially as they have already set the scene by stating that they only replaced the leaking section and haven’t touched anything else and so “it must be another fault that has suddenly developed” !!! Needless to say that the car drove absolutely fine before it went into the garage.
Is there anything else you guys could think of that may cause this problem after such a repair?
Cheers