I had a problem similar to that with a TR6 that around town it was
fine but once I opened it up on the freeway after about 10 minutes a
seemed to run out of gas. I finally tracked it down to a restricted
fuel line. If a car sits for a while the condensation in the tank
settles to the lowest point, the fuel line and can cause some rust or
corrosion to form. I simply ran a wire through the fuel line to break
it up and then blew air through it with a chaser of WD40.
Charly Mitchel
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On Mon 06/06/11 7:17 AM , marty sukey trmarty@hotmail.com sent:
Thanks for the feedback Steve, Scott. I am struggling with a very
intermittent problem with Evelyn's TR8 that I think might be fuel
related. It
just randomly shuts down every once in a while, feels like it runs
out of gas.
Let it sit for 5 minutes and it starts and runs file. Last couple of
times it
did it was once after 150 miles of driving and once after 250 miles
of
driving. Prior to that it ran a year after I had replaced the pump
with no
issues. Recently I replaced the ground wire just in case. Anyhow,
the car
came with one of those inexpensive chrome pressure regulators with
the big
round dial. I seem to recall folks having issues with those and was
going to
replace it with a Holley 12-804 and be able to rule that out as a
possible
problem source. My Spitfire has the same type of regulator so I was
going to
replace that one at the same time.
Thanks again,
Marty
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> Subject: Re: [Fot] S.U. Fuel pressure
> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 06:50:36 -0700
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> 2.5 psi
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2011, at 6:38 AM, "Barr, Scott" wrote:
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> > My pressure gauge says 5-6 pounds. I always expect it not to
work, but
> > it seems to work fine.
> >
> > Scott B.
> >
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> > Behalf Of marty sukey
> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 8:11 AM
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> > Subject: [Fot] S.U. Fuel pressure
> >
> > What are you folks running for fuel pressure on 1-1/4 S.U.'s ?
Spitfire
> > application.
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> > Thanks,
> > Marty
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