HELP! My 1st Gen won"t go over 30mph!

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10-12-2017, 06:20 PM

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I used to train field engineers for a computer company. The hardest thing for them to grasp was this:
1. You walk up to a running machine.
2. You do something to it.
3. The machine does not run.
4. It's what you did.

Now, now, now... Don't be so hard on the boy. I like posts like this. It keeps me from doing bad things.

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10-12-2017, 06:24 PM

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Just out of curiosity, B99 means 99% Biodiesel. What's the other 1%?

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10-14-2017, 09:41 AM

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Just out of curiosity, B99 means 99% Biodiesel. What's the other 1%?

Water

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10-14-2017, 09:43 AM

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Now, now, now... Don't be so hard on the boy. I like posts like this. It keeps me from doing bad things.

What fascinates me is that he had us all shooting in the dark for a page before he remembered that this sludge solvent might be a problem.

It moves the focus from mechanics to biology. What we have here is a fuel tank converted to a swamp.

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02-13-2018, 01:36 PM

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Sorry for this late response and update. The problem was all related to a bad fuel lifter pump. It was not sending enough fuel into the rest of the fuel system. Also beware of getting an air lock. In replacing the pump we found that the system was locked up. Thank you to all that responded etc.