----- Original Message -----
From: Walt Goddard <waltcpa@sierra.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 8:41 AM
Subject: Fuel pump run-on and leak
> Car had a bad gasoline smell on the way home last night. Had just filled
up
> so didn't check until I got home. The round whatsit in the trunk with the
> hose from the fuel tank and the one that runs around the trunk and back
had
> broken loose and the hose to the fuel tank had broken. Had about a quart
of
> gasoline in the trunk!! I'll know to check sooner next time. What the
heck
> is that thing for anyway and should fuel come out of that hose the way it
> did?
It;s a vapor collector. The petrol fumes rise into the collector and
eventually make it to the charcoal canister. I found that if I didn't have a
'vented gas cap' that on very hot days with my car parked at an angle where
the rear is lower than the front, that gasoline would work its way into the
vapor system and eventually come out at the charcoal canister, making a
hazardous mess. With the vented cap, I've never had this happen again.
>
> Second thing I noticed was that the fuel pump is not shutting off. I let
it
> run for about 2 minutes to see if fuel was running somewhere but could not
> find any. Could it just pump against itself like that? I thought it was
> supposed to shut off after pressure built up. I have a Purolator pressure
> regulator set at 2.5 just before the carb ( a Weber DGV). Car started
fine
> after the 2 minutes so fuel doesn't seem to be going through the carb.
Also
> noticed when I installed the regulator that there was no fuel in the line
I
> cut. Seems strange there would be no fuel in the fuel line just before
the
> carb.
>
> Any suggestions/help greatly appreciated. TIA
>
It could be running with 'no pressure'. I've had mine do that before. It's
sensing 'no' or 'low' pressure and it wants to keep on pumping until it
reaches it's pressure-shut-off level. If it were actually pumping gasoline
and not stopping, eventually you'd find the exit point. lt could also be a
faulty pump!
Craig Wiper
> Walt Goddard
> waltcpa@sierra.net
>
> By the way saw a pretty red MG in the Raley's parking lot in Elko, NV
> yesterday. Don't know enough about the older ones but it must have been a
> TF or TD. Really nice car!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: walter menge <walter.menge@gte.net>
> To: mgs (list) <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 12:17 AM
> Subject: [mgs]
>
>
> >.Hi. I have parts for starters, generators and alternator for those
wishing
> to rebuild their own and distributor
> >springs for those needing replaced. I have the plate for points used in
MG
> TD and TF distributors. I build tow
> >bars for most British cars. I have reading the mgs list for a short time
> and enjoy it very much. I have serviced the
> >import cars in this area for more than 30 years.
> > I have new and used parts I wish to sell with property if wanted. 2004
> Guillory St. Westlake Lousiana 70669.
> >The Sportsman's Paradice. ----I repair cracked heads and blocks, cast
iron
> or aluminum.---- I still wish to help
> >keep our import cars running. Have you ever wondered why the English
don't
> make computers? They haven't
> >found a way to make them leak oil. Please take no offence. Just work
harder
> to solve the problem.
> > I wish you many happy motorin miles . Walter.Menge@gte.net Foreign
Cars
> & Parts---2004 Guillory St.
> >Westlake, Louisiana 70669 [The Sportsman's Paradice] 318 433 2108
> >Thanks. WM
> > .
> >
> >
>
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