Re: electric fuel pump psi and gph for 1952 200 deluxe w/327ci

Posted by DavidPackard On 2022/4/8 16:06:54

Mike52_200

I noticed the date of the first mention of percolation was the first week of April, or just about the first few days with afternoon temperatures above 90°F in the southern half of Arizona. You may have a situation of using winter blend fuel when the temperature is warm . . . not that 90°F is all that warm for those of us that live in Zona, but for winter fuel it would be. Given the few miles I drive my Packard, I’ve found myself driving during late in May (100+) with fuel I bought in February . . . normally my ’48 doesn’t like that, but my ’54 still runs OK. Do you have any idea when you last re-fueled the car?

Since the fall of last year, I’ve been adding the recommended amount of MMO for every re-fuel. Perhaps this summer I’ll have some results to report. As soon as I started doping the fuel, I noticed a trace of smoke while the engine warms-up . . . nothing after the engine is at operating temperature.

Perhaps we need a new thread, “Why my car doesn’t run in the summer”, especially for the Zona crowd where summer starts the first of April and runs until late October.

dp