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09-29-2004, 10:25 AM #1Gold Member
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- Jul 2003
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- 255
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- S.E. Ohio
- Tractor
- TC 33D
Fuel Gage
I had an interest event yesterday. My fuel tank said 1/2 full then ran out of fuel. I unscrewed the fuel tank cap and released a large vacuum that sent the gage to the bottom. Interesting!
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09-29-2004, 11:21 AM #2
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- Mar 2001
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- 1,211
- Location
- Northern Virginia
- Tractor
- 2001 New Holland TC40D w/16LA loader
Re: Fuel Gage
I wonder why a vacuum would hold up the float....?
That's gonna be a pain to bleed the fule system. Well, maybe not a pain, but a time-waster.
That being said, I didn't think that there should be a vacuum in the tank. Maybe the cap vent is plugged up....?
Mark
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10-04-2004, 01:07 AM #3Bronze Member
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- Jul 2003
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- 72
- Location
- Jefferson County, NY
- Tractor
- Case IH /DX33
Re: Fuel Gage
I had almost the same problem the other day. I was out brush hogging when my DX33 died out on me. I tried to restart it [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img], no go.
I looked at the fuel level and it was higher than when I had started, so I took the fuel cap off with a release of the vacuum the level dropped from 3/4 to 1/4. After that it started right up and ran fine.
When I got back to the house I cleaned out the vents in the fuel cap, hopefully that will solve the problem.
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