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PostSubject: weird fuel   weird fuel EmptyTue Oct 11, 2011 11:21 pm

something weird is going on with my fuel delivery.when I park on an angle(nose up) my Riv starts right up! I mean,bam! like a turbo charged ignition! but when i start her up on level ground,I gotta crank her a few times before she fires up. anybody have this happen to them?
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PostSubject: Re: weird fuel   weird fuel EmptyWed Oct 12, 2011 10:21 am

robotennis61 wrote:
something weird is going on with my fuel delivery.when I park on an angle(nose up) my Riv starts right up! I mean,bam! like a turbo charged ignition! but when i start her up on level ground,I gotta crank her a few times before she fires up. anybody have this happen to them?

No but it sounds like you need to have a talk with the in-tank fuel pump.

We have an anomaly with our other buick (similar fuel pump) that when it's parked nose down (not level or nose up) the fuel tank if below about 1/3 actual fill will read empty and sound the warning.

I wish the beancounters woulda left the fuel pump module the heck alone.

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PostSubject: Re: weird fuel   weird fuel EmptyWed Oct 12, 2011 12:59 pm

weird.I gotta look into this. nose up,it sounds like a formula1 car starting up! whoom! impresses the hell outa the neighbors,until she quiets down.then she sounds like everyone else.sigh...
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PostSubject: Re: weird fuel   weird fuel EmptyWed Oct 12, 2011 1:42 pm

How are your motor mounts? Engine rocking maybe causing a small exhaust leak making it sound funny?
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PostSubject: Re: weird fuel   weird fuel EmptyWed Oct 12, 2011 1:48 pm

nah,mounts are holding up well. she really starts up powerful.very noticeable.I mean,wham! grrrrr!!1 but not on level ground.whats strange is,i woulda thought the opposite would be true.starting up ,nose down) with the fuel pick up being towrds the front of the tank.
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