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Title: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: FERGTS246 on 18 January, 2022, 12:55:35 PM Hi, Does anyone have internal pictures of a Flaminia Touring fuel tank please? I need to undersatndwhere the baffles are and where the main and reserve tank pick-ups are.
Also does anyone have a spare, or know where I can get, a main/reserve fuel tank cock - it's the brass 3 way cock under the car, that's operated by the round tap on the floor just in front of the passenger's seat? Thanks in advance. Chris Title: Re: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: dannels on 19 January, 2022, 09:17:56 AM Hi Chris,
Looks like these guys have one: https://www.rubinoclassiccars.com/en/parts/parts-lancia/flaminia/touring/rubinetto-benzina-detail Cheers Dave Title: Re: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: Jay on 19 January, 2022, 10:27:16 AM I didn’t even know that this existed, let along having a reserve fuel tank, is it a serial 1 thing? I must investigate.
Title: Re: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: Kaha on 19 January, 2022, 11:03:08 AM I think the reserve with a special switch was only ever used on the PF Coupé (and possibly some berlinas)
Title: Re: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: dannels on 19 January, 2022, 12:28:44 PM No I have the reserve tank (with a separate fuel line) with that switch on the floor of my GT
Cheers Dave Title: Re: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: Jay on 19 January, 2022, 01:22:40 PM The OP Chris has a GT series 1, but i am sure that don't have such an item on my GT 3C series 2
Title: Re: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: Richard Fridd on 19 January, 2022, 02:37:09 PM My PF has the tap, which I think is fed by two differing height pick ups in the one common tank. Although I have now repurposed one feed as a return pipe from the carburettor. Richard
Title: Re: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: FERGTS246 on 19 January, 2022, 10:24:55 PM Thanks chaps.
Richard can you confirm the lower fuel pipe exiting the tank is the reserve line? The reserve tank must be a Series 1 thing then. Its mentioned in my User's Manual and shown in the massive Spare Parts catalogue. Chris Title: Re: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: Richard Fridd on 20 January, 2022, 11:37:11 AM I am not sure which outlet is reserve. Bottom would be guessing. Top is what I have always used so I have stuck with that. Running low would obviously confirm. Presumably the higher pick up pipe would be less likely to collect debris. Perhaps someone has a picture of the internals, as looking down through the fuel sender hole, I can't see exactly how the pipes are arranged. This has now raised a point in my mind as to what the reserve capacity is, as if I am only using the main pickup perhaps previous intermittent fuel problems could be explained. My fuel level is often 4 inches from the tank bottom.(I have a dipstick until I find a new sender). I must be more generous with the petrol fillups. Richard
Title: Re: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: willoroe on 20 January, 2022, 02:11:27 PM Reserve capacity is quoted as 1.75 imperial gallons in the owner manual.
It looks like this is for the Berlina but there is no mention of fuel capacities in the 'Variations for Coupe, GT and Sport' section. The tap has to be working of course to get access to the reserve, I found out the hard way that mine does not work! Another job for the list. Willo Title: Re: Flaminia Touring fuel tank & main/reserve fuel tank cock Post by: dannels on 21 January, 2022, 09:21:55 AM Series 1 only feature sounds like the most likely explanation
Yes its the lower take-off from the fuel tank. Thats why I had to mount my electric fuel pump under the bonnet (to pull on both lines if needed) whereas later models cam do a boot mount as they don't have the reserve line/tap Cheers Dave |