Bill: If it aint the fuel cap, heat on a defective or weak coil has the
same effect.
Bob Roberts
TR$
----- Original Message -----
From "Bill Miller" <millerb at intergate.com>
To: "'chipbull'" <chipbull@hotmail.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 6:07 PM
Subject: RE: A very "cool" Problem
> Hi Chip,
>
> I had a similar problem in a non TR. It wound up being a non vented fuel
> system.... Do this simple test, after you drive to the market or
wherever,
> pop the fuel filler cap. If it rushes air or hisses, that is most likely
> the same problem I had. You should be able to start right up without
> waiting..... The 1-1/2 is about the exact amount of time I had to wait
to
> restart until I found the problem. I guess it took that long for air to
> seep back in through the plugged vent....
>
> May not be your problem, but it is an easy test...
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> <SNIP>
> Car starts up perfectly, runs fine at idle, motors well on the highway,
BUT
> if the trip has been any longer than a quick trip to the center of town
for
> a quart of milk, once the engine is turned off.. and the car is left with
> its fully warmed-up parts percolating under the hood.. any attempt to
start
> the will meet with immediate failure and any additional attempts in
anything
> under one and a half hours will result in nothing more than a warn down
> battery.
> Wait the obligatory 1.5 hours, however, and it is an entirely different
> story. car starts up just fine.
> <SNIP>>
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