fuel auto safety shut off?

[rainforestrabbit]

...is there such at thing? I've heard that some buses, mine... shut off when lifted or are left in an incline. I can start and turn over the engine, but there is no power or "gas" when I hit the gas...One guy I met on Hawthorne said his bus does the same thing... He towed it to a repair shop, but it "fixed" itself after being on the tow truck. Mine did too... and recently, after the Maupin trip, stopped after being parked on a slope! Big bummer on the slopes... anyone heard of this?

[vwlover77]

Never heard of it. Is your Bus carbureted or fuel-injected? Sounds like the dreaded junk in the gas tank blocking the outlet line to me....

[Amskeptic]

I can start and turn over the engine, but there is no power or "gas" when I hit the gas...

Let's tighten up the terminology so we can grasp the issue more easily here.

"Turn over" means the starter is able to crank the engine.
"Start" is sort of redundant, but let's say that you are telling us that the engine "fires" and is able to idle.

So I think you are saying that the engine is running but is incapable of getting the car moving. This is a common consequence of an engine that has been badly flooded, which carb buses can do parked on an uphill.
Yaah?
Colin

[rainforestrabbit]

Yes, rolls over, yes... idles, but has no "go" when I hit the fuel pedal...hum... I'm not one to flood a car when starting, and I've tried to start it over several days. FYI - I changed all the fuel lines and point that "gas" touches, including the filter. Any other ideas? ... I'm fuel injected.

[vwlover77]

Did it run fine prior to changing the fuel lines? What electrical connectors or vacuum hoses did you disconnect when you replaced the fuel lines? This sounds like the problem that occurs when the large plug to the AFM is left unplugged.

[Amskeptic]

Yes, rolls over, yes... idles, but has no "go" when I hit the fuel pedal...hum... I'm not one to flood a car when starting, and I've tried to start it over several days. FYI - I changed all the fuel lines and point that "gas" touches, including the filter. Any other ideas? ... I'm fuel injected.

This isn't about you.
I mentioned that carbureted buses can flood on inclines.

Post #2 you get around to telling us that you have a fuel injected bus.
OK. That helps . . .