If you haven't cleaned out the fuel pump screen and/or replaced the fuel
filter recently, you may want to start there.
It also may have to do (so I am told) with the increased amount of alcohol
(read gasohol) that is now in "gas". Try buying the best grade of
non-gasohol gas you can. Then there's the old trick of putting wood clothes
pins on the fuel line.
Then there's the possibility of it being the coil. Is it old/original? Does
it feel really hot after you've driven the car awhile?
Do you have Stromberg 175 carbs? Have you checked the condition of the
rubber diaphragms? If you haven't replaced them or if they are original, you
may want to check them out for a hole.Just make sure that the little tab on
the diaphragm goes back in the corresponding slot in the carb.
I would try the simple things first, like good, fresh gas.
Valerie Stabenow, 62 MGA MkII, 67 TR4a, 69 XK-E FHC, 73 TR-6, 81 Corvette
Coupe
Subject: Hard starting when hot
> I have a 1973 TR6 that starts and runs great except is hard starting in
warm
> weather if it has been sitting for maybe 4-5 minutes after shutoff. I see
> the fuel line runs very near the head on one side and wonder if that is
> causing the problem. It only starts when the engine is warm and the
weather
> is warm if I start it up right after shut down or wait until the underhood
> temperature has dropped (this takes about 3-5 minutes with the hood
raised).
> Does anyone else have this problem? Do you know how to fix it?
>
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Gary Fluke
> Snohomish, WA
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