Does anyone Know if there's a strainer in the gas tank?

 

yeah, there should be one.

 

yea there should be one, and you should run a fuel filter or 2 even.

 

There is a fuel filter under the car at the left rear behind the axle.

 

is there a strainer in an 83 gsl?

 

The 1985 workshop manual says nothing about a strainer in the tank.

 

realy i thought there was a filter in the tank, and then you run an external one

 

My SE had one.

 

i have never heard of one. just the fuel level sender....

 

fuel strainers tend to block after 20 years aswell, all this changing the fuel filter, and its probly got to do with the fuel strainer in the tank.

 

my 85 SE had whats called a sock in the tank, changed it when I fixed the fuel sender. Bob

 

My '83 has one in its tank. In fact the place I took it to to get the tank cleaned and sealed wouldn't seal it because of the strainer. The guy said it looked like some type of filter was in there and he was afraid the sealant would clog it up.

 

you learn something new every day. i now know that there is a strainer in the tank.

 

Damn! I started rebuilding the carb!