Miata Mailing List: May 1999, Message #41

sponsored by

In a message dated 4/30/99 3:39:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
TeutonicVW@aol.com writes:

> Does anyone know how the fuel pickup is designed on the miata tank?  Is 
there 
> 
>  anything that could have come loose inside the tank that would relate a 
fuel 
> 
>  starvation prob to corerning and how much gas is in there?

  Staring hard at the tiny pictures in the shop manual, it looks as if the 
float is at the end of a long arm hinged from an assembly at the top of the 
tank, and the pump/filter/pickup projects down rigidly, that is not hinged, 
from the same assembly.  The vulnerable bit seems to be the O-ring 
connections on either side of the pump.  The whole mess can be accessed from 
beneath the rear package tray in the passenger compartment.
  Foureagles