'82 runs outta gas on hard right turns

[scirocco@insanetechnology.com (Wm. Josiah Erikson)]

I would be curious to know about this, too - my '83 GTi stalls when I turn 
at all at less than 1/3 of a tank - the problem starts in intense 
cornering as about 2/3 of a tank. It's got a crappy AutoZone (or 
something) tank in it that I assumed just had no baffles in it, and I was 
going to replace it with a "normal" tank. But if there is a way to do 
something about it, then I won't have to replace the tank, which is 
brand-new.
	-Josiah


On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Curt Voss wrote:

> I know I've seen this discussed but never seen a fix. At 1/2 tank or less 
> of gas my '82 (old setup with no prepump) stalls in hard right turns, like 
> usually 3/4 of the way through a cloverleaf onramp. It gets worse as the 
> fuel level drops. I stuck a hose onto the exterior outlet of the gas tank 
> and blew through it, and got bubbles around the end of the interior rubber 
> hose where it connects to the pickup in the center of the tank, so I'm 
> thinking that's probably at least part of the problem. I know the 
> conventional wisdom is that it's inherent in the design of the tank, but 
> I'm not sure that's the case, since my Rabbit has what looks like the same 
> design and it never had that problem even when the gauge showed empty. 
> So... has anyone successfully fixed this problem? Can that hose be replaced 
> without replacing the tank?