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paul@riccall

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Hi,
This is a bit of a strange one, has anybody had experience whereby the fuel has run out and the fuel pump has been sucking so hard the pressure has compressed the fuel tank ? I have tried to replace the fuel sender in the tank, and it snags on the side of the tank, leaving around an inch stick out of the top of the tank. Having looked at the tank, you can see it is all out of shape. The tank has only been fitted a couple of months. The body shop that fitted the tank is having an internal investigation and this is one of the questions they have asked.

Regards,

Paul


 
I have heard of this happening on a 996 but not an IB. I guess it could happen easy enough. Was the sender ok at first? Is the replacement the exact same size?
 
Check your tank is vented to atmosphere correctly. I work with pumps on a daily basis, and actually I have seen this happen in vessels....but only when the inlet vessel (liquid supply tank) is unvented. If a tank is unvented, once the liquid is exhausted, with no further air allowed in, the tank would be next in line "to move". The ability of the pump to deform the tank, would depend on the vacuum capability of that particular pump....

In a vented tank this can not happen, as the pump would always be "sucking air".

 
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