Jay, I haven't had a problem with my fuel filter yet, but I'll keep an
eye on it. I too went to fill up my car as she was thirsty. I then
went to the grocery store to pick up the XMAS bird. When I arrived back
at my car I spelled gas. Hmmm, it was then that I noticed a small
puddle of gas coming from underneath the car. I drove it home, hoping I
wouldn't go boom along the way. I dripped a little more in the driveway
at the house, but then stopped.
I would like everyone's input, but I'm thinking that I simply overfilled
the tank, and if the tank is too full, then there is some overflow valve
or something. Can someone confirm this? I had it happen once about a
year ago, but it's never leaked since up until today.
R. Ashford Little II
www.geocities.com/ralittle2
-----Original Message-----
From: jay_welch@juno.com [mailto:jay_welch@juno.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 5:14 PM
To: ralittle2@mindspring.com
Cc: tr6taylor@webtv.net; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: The Dying TR6 Swan
Interesting coincidence guys.....I've got one of those pretty glass and
chrome Purolators also. It's mounted verticaly below the fuel pump. I
also have a steel cased inline pre-filter between that and my fuel
shutoff valve on the frame rail. I like having the glass so I can see
the availability of fuel to the pump. Well, today I drove to fill up
the
tank as Piggy was almost empty. She always runs well but today started
to sputter on hard acceleration about 15 minutes after the fill up.
Feels like it's starving for fuel. We've had very heavy rains lately so
I am going to assume that it is water in the fuel and not you guys
jinxing me with all this talk of glass filters:-)
I installed a 3 way marine fuel valve so that I can either CLOSE the
line
for fuel delivery maintenance, safety when storing or theft deterrant,
OPEN for normal use or DRAIN for problems like this. If anyone wants a
picture of this setup just shoot me an email. I think it cost me about
$35 total to make and it's shiny and looks cool :-) I have the part
number etc...or you can find it in the technical section at our website.
I just threw some water removal stuff into the tank. If that doesn't
fix
it I'll probably change the prefilter and make sure the carb pistons are
moving consistently because I think I remember a bad diaphagm causing a
similar sympton when they first start to tear. I'm thinking the fuel
pump is probably ok because it seems to run acceptably until I get into
it a bit....we'll see though.
Jay Welch Abington, MA
1971 TR6 Project, 1973 TR6 Driver
Secretary, Cape Cod British Car Club @
http://clubs.hemmings.com/capecodbritish/
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:15:58 -0500 "R. Ashford Little II"
<ralittle2@mindspring.com> writes:
> Dick, I've got one of those filters in my car, the glass ones, and
> it's
> been on there for a while. Can't remember how long, but somewhere
> between 500 and 5,000 miles (how's that for accuracy). My car runs
> fine, but I am curious about what you and Mike are talking about.
> Does
> it get clogged to easily or simply not allow enough fuel at higher
> usage
> rates?
>
> R. Ashford Little II
> www.geocities.com/ralittle2
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Sally or Dick Taylor
> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 2:48 AM
> To: Grant Kester
> Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: The Dying TR6 Swan
>
> Grant---If the mechanic can't duplicate the reason for the engine
> dying
> out, and makes no changes, it's sure to happen again. Since it must
> be
> spark or fuel related, see if, when this happens again, you can find
> out
> which, by...
>
> Immediately pull off the coil wire where it goes into the
> distributor
> cap. Lay this end of the wire against the valve cover. Crank the
> starter
> for a couple seconds to see if a spark jumps across. If the spark
> is an
> unending series of "bolts", assume for the moment that spark is
> getting
> to the plugs.
>
> Next, loosen the fuel hose clamp as near to a carburetor as
> possible.
> Pull the hose and again try the starter. Being careful where this
> now
> open hose is pointed, fuel should gush out. Even if one carb is
> not
> getting fuel, the engine should run.
>
> With rare exceptions, one of the above will at least tell you if
> it's
> fuel or spark that causes a no-start.
>
> I agree with those who no longer use the glass and chrome filters.
> I
> found their filters to be too dense for extended miles.
>
> Note: If you have the later car with a fuel tank that vents to the
> carbon canister, open the fuel cap and listen for a "hiss", should
> the
> engine have run out of fuel due to created tank vacuum. Take it
> from
> there...
>
> Please let us know when the solution was found!
>
> Dick
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