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Re: sudden death

To: "Charlie Frazer" <cfrazer@ballmer.uoregon.edu>
Subject: Re: sudden death
From: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 20:57:24 -0500
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <377529F94F85D111AE2F0000F801164C5E5AFE@ballmer.uoregon.edu>
Check your condenser, but I'd also follow the fuel problem idea- Was the
fuel tank full? Had it been low for a while? You might have water in your
fuel from condensation, and it started ok and ran a little while the
uncontaminated fuel in the line and pump and carb ran through. Then the
heavier water got sucked into the line, and mixed with the fuel- that would
be when the trouble started, and when enough water got in there, you lost it
the rest of the way.

Just a thought,
Scott
64 Herald 1200 Convertible


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Frazer" <cfrazer@ballmer.uoregon.edu>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 8:49 PM
Subject: sudden death


>
> The weather's turned nice and the TR6 is running great.
> I take it out to do a few errands.
> Just after starting up on the way home, I notice some hesitation as I
drive
> across the parking lot.  Is it still cold?
> As I pull away from a stop sign I notice a new and unfamiliar hesitation.
> In the next few block the car begins to run extremely ragged and my goal
is
> simply to get home and figure out the problem.
> In the next few blocks the car dies when RPMs get low, ie, at stop lights.
> I try to keep the revs up by inching the choke out a bit.
> I get a few horrendous backfires, a sputtering engine that dies and
refuses
> to restart.
> Fortunately, my son is at home to tow the car the last mile.
> I suspect a fuel problem and will clean the pump and filter.
> I have a nearly new battery and no reason to suspect electrical problems.
> Any other ideas?
> Many thanks for suggestions.
> Charlie Frazer
> cfrazer@oregon.uoregon.edu

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