List,
When the top is up and the windows are rolled up I can smell gas. Which
makes it a real drag for winter driving. I did installed a new SU fuel pump
a while back, and didn't tighten the gas pipe hard enough the first time
around. I found it to be leaking slightly - tighten it until it stopped and
thought that was the problem. Well, I still smell it... I ran the engine
for a while and gave a good look under the car, and nothing was leaking. I
followed the fuel line and didn't see anything out of the ordinary (didn't
check really good around the tranny though...). I also gave a quick look in
the trunk. Nothing seemed to be leaking...
Any ideas where to go from here?
Gas mileage is pretty bad - 140 miles a tank! I didn't get really good gas
mileage to begin with: never rebuilt/valves rattling/low oil pressure/Weber
Downdraft Carb. Not really sure what the mileage was before, because I took
the car out of storage, to start driving it again, and the fuel pump broke
first thing. I did replace the tank about 13 years ago with a used one from
a pick-n-pull yard. Can't think of anything else usefull.
Thanks - watching my fuel needle drop,
Jesse
1970 MGB
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