Thanks to all!! This is a new renovation (not restoration) and I had the
tank out and dropped a pen light and mirror in the tank and checked it all
out.
It looked clean and so I flushed it with gas with the bungs out of the
bottom and put it back in. I have a clear fuel filter and, yes, there is crud
in
it. I have eliminated the hot coil as I do not have to shut off the car for
very long at all in order for it to recover. (maybe 15 seconds sometimes)
Let me relate a story. I also have a TR6 and once a few years ago I had the
exact same problem. Turns out a PO had sealed the cover on the fuel pump
with gasket sealer. A little ooze made it to the front carb and floated
around
in there until it got right in the right palce and, misfire. I shut off the
car and the little crud would float away from the float valve and all was
well again until it found its way back to the problem area. I was sure this
was a repeat of the same thing, however I did not find anything but fine crud
in the float bowls. One thing of interest that I did not post before. As a
neophyte I did what I probably should not have done and rebuilt the motor
first. Once the chassis was complete I mounted the motor and set up a
temporary
wiring harness, temp gauge and oil pressure gauge and started the motor. I
ran it for 30 minutes or so at about 2000 RPM and did that a couple of times.
The point being is that I had gas in the carbs for the many months while I
did the body (maybe a year). There was like an orange residue in the bottom
of the bowls (along with the fine crud) so I sprayed carb cleaner in to
disolve it. I raised the level of the carb cleaner to the fuel inlet and
darker
orange crud came out. I cleaned it all up, syphoned out all the gas from the
bowls, wiped them down, reassembled and started the car. It ran like crap.
After a few moments it evened out and idled very well with excellent throttle
response. I will drive it in the next day or so.
Is this residue from Ethanol in the gas?
David Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO
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