Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

[Black Knight]

We changed the fuel pump in Dustin's Ty a couple weekends ago and I was pretty surpised when we opened up the tank to this.

It is a plastic tray that's in the center of the tank to appearently keep the fuel from going away from the pump under acceleration.

I've had a couple Sy tanks apart and have never seen this. Is this a Ty thing or something someone had done?

 

[ViciousV6]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

That is correct, both of my tanks had that in there! Get below 1/2 tank and it will be possible for the gas to miss the pump and go lean. I never race @ 1/2 tank or lower.

Ralph
ViciousV6

 

[Norm]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

yes, thats very common in tanks. My uncle owns a rad shop and see that in most of them.

 

[Raist103]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

that was not in my ty tank or the new tank i got?

 

[QWERTYphoon]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

My tank looked just like that too. My buddy and I were commenting about it when we did my fuel pump.

 

[Black Knight]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

Hunh, well good to know. Wish they had done something like this in the Sy's, well I guess if it actually worked it would be cool.

 

[jwaller]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

my ty had this plastic baffle. I believe most all the blazers I've seen also have this as well.

 

[danny]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

Not in my tank, some trucks must be lucky.

 

[dhorsman2000]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

I have it in my Sy...Saw it this winter when I put in the Walboro

 

[bezerk]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

my sy had it, the ty's i did...was so frustrated didn't pay attention..lol,.

 

[SY2932]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

My truck has one as have all the s-series trucks that I have ever owned. Perhaps you have a replacement tank? I don't think they have the baffles in them.

 

[Black Knight]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

This isn't the only tank I've ever had out, I've probably had 4-5 of them out before and have never seen it before. Another hit and miss thing by GM :roll:

 

[alwayscode390]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

Very cool..... I hope mine has it ---

 

[HotRodV6]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

My SGT stock tank didnt have one, and i just put a 2dr tank from a 2002 2dr blazer and it was a factory tank and didnt have it, and im not sure about the tank in my Ty, i know its an aftermarket replacement so it probably doesnt have it, but it has a comp engineering sump welded on, so it doesnt matter anyhow.

 

[TYTILIDIE]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

I have one as well.

 

[James Thomas]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

Mmmm...... correct me if I'm wrong but even the tanks that do have them don't seem to be all that much better (if any) as far as fuel starvation at low fuel levels on acceleration?

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James

 

[Junior1]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

My Ty has it in there as well and its pretty close to showroom as you can get, so I know its not aftermarket.

 

[SY2932]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

Mmmm...... correct me if I'm wrong but even the tanks that do have them don't seem to be all that much better (if any) as far as fuel starvation at low fuel levels on acceleration?

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James

I don't think it does very much other than give a nice contrast at the bottom of your tank so that you can see all the debris that is in there

. The "walls" on the baffle are pretty small so, they might keep you from going lean under a boosted launch for a tenth of a second longer... Before I lowered my truck 2" in the rear, I could launch it at a 1/4 tank with no issues. Now that I am lowered, I start looking for a gas station at 1/2 a tank. Interesting to know how many trucks that don't have this baffle.

 

[James Thomas]

Re: Any of you Ty owners that have had your fuel tank out, is this common?

Yea thanks Mike, I thought as much :roll: . I stuffed my tank with fuel foam but haven't had a chance to really test it out yet. If it will keep me from going lean with 5 gal. in the tank then it stays, if not then it gets a sump anyway :tup: .

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James