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Old 05-11-2010, 07:41 AM   #4
-Greg72
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Re: Fuel tank from later model 'Burb??

Thanks for the leads...

I've been driving around with a broken fuel gauge for about a year (suspect a bad ground near the tank). Yesterday, I ran out of gas and ended up walking. That was the tipping point for me.

As anyone with a factory HUGE tank already knows, it's almost impossible to reach the wires and hoses at the top of the tank....so I'll have to drop the entire thing to get a closer look at it. Fortunately, I only put a few gallons of fuel in to get me home, so it won't weigh 400Lbs and spill everywhere!!

The "might as well" syndrome apparently applies to Suburbans as well as Blazers....I thought this might be a good time to swap in a slightly smaller tank that had the EFI return system already plumbed in, so that there will be less to do when I start the motor swap.

Does anyone know if I can use the EFI tank as a "standard" tank with a stock mechanical fuel pump and just plug the return lines for now?


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