Thread: Saddle gas tanks and fuel injection??

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Does anyone here have saddle gas tanks with a fuel injected engine? I had a family get together today and my cousin from Memphis has a 302 with fuel injection, but he seems to think that it could cause a problem with the saddle gas tanks and that we should just take off the fuel injection. Comments and opinions please......Thanks!

A lot depends on what sort of fuel pump he has. Can you give us more info? Is it an in tank fuel pump or in line? Where is the fuel pick up? Why does he think it will cause a problem?

Pat

The only problem is the fuel return, if you use a selector switch the return won't shift tanks without its own switch valve. Joining the tanks with a crossover line will solve the problem.

I do use a selector switch. What exactly do you mean by a "crossover" line? I'll have to get more details on the engine. He is on his way back to memphis right now.

Got in touch with him briefly and he said that it has an in tank pump, but he said that if I could get a ford frame mounted pump that it would work. Comments.........

A crossover line connects the bottom of one tank with the bottom of the other. That way, you don't need a selector switch. The fuel always seeks the same level in both tanks. HOWEVER, bottom tank connections are discouraged these days - and outlawed in new cars - because damage to the connection or the tube drains the tanks.

OK, that's what I thought it was. A crossover would be impossible for me anyways because my car is so low it would get caught on something the first time I drove it out.