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Originally Posted by TheDon
Did it make a noise at all?
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No...no noise....nothing..... I was driving from Virginia to central North Dakota. Noticed through Minnesota the fill-ups were less than I expected....when I got to Fargo I should have had enough fuel to make it to my destination....and went from 1/2 tank to empty from the south side of town to the west side, pulled over expecting to see fuel pouring out and nothing....Had a fuel in the trunk and 4 gallons and it was to the top of the neck. So I got back on the highway and ran 80-90mph the next almost 300 miles. Got where I was going and it stalled, but restarted right up, but ran rough the last mile. Saw it crushed when I pulled the panel off...so I put 120 psi on a blow gun. wrapped a rag around it and jammed it into the fuel filler, popped the tank out......then hooked a hose up to the vent tube and after a moment heard something pop into the tank....then the vent was clear. Gauge still read empty....and expected something to read....emptied the remaining gallon of the one can, and emptied the second 5 gallon can, that brought the gauge up to 1/4. Next day took it to the station and put another 15 gallons into it.....so it was sucking air when it started running rough. It presented no symptoms on power, acceleration or smoothness until it was empty and sucking air as would be expected at THAT point. Only some suction at the cap.
No further events on the return trip....averaged 31 mpg based on the fuel receipts over 3,200 miles of the trip. And my Odometer and speedometer are almost spot on with the tires and gears I'm running.
And I hit the 200,000 mile point passing Cleveland, OH on the return trip.