I have an early TR4 and for all practical purposes same as the TR3 in
the fuel dept. Then only time(s) I have smelled fuel in the garage,
it turned out to be a leak.
Allen
>
> I'm trying to eradicate the smell of fuel from my TR3A. I can't
> park the
> car in the garage because the smell of fuel then gets into the
> house. I've
> gone through every fuel line, I've renewed the fuel pump,
> inspected and
> adjusted the carbs, renewed all gaskets and I know there are no
> fuel leaks.
> However, the smell persists, so I have to relegate the car to the
> farm
> equipment shed and this poses a logistical problem with moving
> equipment around,
> etc.
>
> The other day I was reading an old copy of the TRA magazine and it
> said
> there will always be a slight smell of fuel from a sidescreen TR
> because of
> how the fuel breather is designed.
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