Jonas -
Jaguar tanks have rust/crud screens on them which can delay the clogging of
your fuel system until it gets really bad. When you pull the screens,
you'll probably have a ton of sludge come out. time to clean the fuel
system head to toe.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'59 Jag Mk IX
'64 BJ8
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Jonas Payne <jpayne@thorcon.net> wrote:
> It was the M. Cyl Rod. I shortened the rod and everything worked great,
> for
> about 15 minutes of the cars inaugural ride. Then it began suffering from
> what appeared to be fuel starvation (but could just as easily be a bad coil
> or
> condenser)
>
> Car would not rev over 3k and sputtered and backfired and lurched and
> stalled
> (repeatedy). Then I would hit the ignition but not the starter, allow the
> fuel pump to click a few times, and it would run fine for about 500 feet
> and
> start the process over again. The fuel pump sounded much weaker than it
> had
> previously by the time I got it home.
>
> Pulled the front fuel filter, full if "red clay" rust particles. I haven't
> gotten to the one in the tank, but expect the worst. Oddly enough there
> was
> plenty of fuel in the carb float bowls, so I'm a bit puzzled.
>
> Thus it is on to the usual suspects here.
>
> 1. Drain and flush tank, replace filters
> 2. Test Coil possibly replace
> 3. Put in a spare condenser
>
> However, how do I test the electric fuel pumps (there are 2) in situ or on
> a
> bench? They are new SU's just like the one I just installed in my healey.
>
> Jonas Payne
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