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Originally Posted by Tom Vaught
If your fuel lines are not new, I have seen where the additional vacuum from the fuel pump actually "masked" the fact that the gas line connections had some porosity, (air
getting onto the fuel system from those same lines.
I had to replace a tank to fuel pump gas line one time (when I first installed my "Pusher Holley fuel pump" to feed the carb on initial start up).
I was pressurizing the line vs sucking on the line, and noticed gas underneath the vehicle.
Tom V.
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Thanks for sharing. This is definitely in the "what could go wrong" category but consequences are unclear to me.
Definitely a ticking clock WRT the leak getting worse but not sure pulling air into the fuel would cause a big issue. My guess is solubility of air in gas is low and as far as just having air bubbles, how would that cause issues? Maybe it could mess up fuel flow a little, being compressible, but gasoline is volatile and compressible too... maybe air bubbles would aggravate vapor lock? Interesting again...
Mike