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Old May 3, 2005 | 04:24 PM
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Default Roughly how many jerry cans to get my car going???

right sorted all bits out now just got no petrol coming thew ive put 2 jerry cans in on a compleatly empty tank so i dont think this enough any rough ideas????

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Old May 3, 2005 | 04:25 PM
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is the pump workiung?
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Old May 3, 2005 | 04:26 PM
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2 gallons of fuel should be more than enough.
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Old May 3, 2005 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Graceland
is the pump workiung?
well it buzzes when turn ignition on might be metering head then it has been off road a year now so might have fcuked up
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Old May 3, 2005 | 04:40 PM
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turbo.jon,
ive put 2 jerry cans

two jerry cans is 40litres

should prime and run from fully empty on approx 4 litres
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Old May 3, 2005 | 04:52 PM
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turbo.jon,
ive put 2 jerry cans

two jerry cans is 40litres

should prime and run from fully empty on approx 4 litres
meant the little red cans u have its about Ł12 worth of optimax in it so must be a diff problem then
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Old May 3, 2005 | 04:56 PM
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ah i see , so not jerry cans then , and yes you should now have plenty of fuel in the tank m8
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Old May 3, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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Yea, I put two cans in mine after 7 months with a totally empty tank. Took about 5 mins of priming to get the pump going well enough, oh and turning the car over with the coil off as I changed the oil too

Went fine in the end, u have another prob
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