Think this is probably due to increased electrical resistance in the
pumps as they get heat-soaked.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Steinman, Bill" <wsteinman@pogolaw.com>
> Slightly off-topic, but since it's gotten hot (mid-80s), my Sunbeam Tiger's
> fuel pump will start clicking much faster and much louder when I'm at a stop
> light or stop-and-go traffic. The Tiger is notorious for excess heat at the
> fuel pump, given that it sits about ten inches above one of the mufflers.
> Just out of curiousity, why would heat correlate to sucking more junk out of
> the fuel tank?
>
> Bill S.
>
> 1965 Austin Healey 3000 Mk III
> 1965 Sunbean Tiger
> 1968 Triumph TR-250
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