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I had a fuel feed problem with my Bugeye in the recent past.=C2=A0 I am sol=
ving that with a new fuel pump.=C2=A0 Now to the MG.=C2=A0 The fuel pump ru=
nning furiously like the tank is empty never happened when I got the car 7 =
months ago.=C2=A0 It is a recent development.=C2=A0 =C2=A0I really need to =
get under the car and look around.=C2=A0 I'm just whistling in the wind at =
this point.=C2=A0 In the next few days I'll get the car up on my hydraulic =
scissor jacks and start the inspection.=C2=A0 I will let everyone know what=
I find.=C2=A0 Some on the MG Experience said that it sounded like classic =
vapor lock.=C2=A0 Maybe while sitting in one spot the fuel line becomes hea=
t soaked.=C2=A0 I have no idea the proximity of the fuel lines to the exhau=
st system with this car.=C2=A0=C2=A0Mike M
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On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 5:03 PM, Kevin Valentine<kevinv1275@gmail.com> wr=
ote: Mike,
I had a Triumph Herald that acted like you describe.=C2=A0
It would occasionally suck air thru a pinhole in the fuel line between the =
tank and the pump.=C2=A0 =C2=A0It was a metal fuel line that was rusted jus=
t enough for a pinhole to form.=C2=A0 The pinhole was at a point in the=C2=
=A0line that was above the fuel tank, so it did not leak fuel.=C2=A0 =C2=A0=
The=C2=A0 pump was mechanical and would not re-prime itself.=C2=A0 I would=
=C2=A0=C2=A0blow into the fuel filler until I pushed enough fuel to the fro=
nt of the car to prime the pump and restart the engine.......=C2=A0 I was 1=
6 years old and knew nothing about British cars......=C2=A0 (Still don't).
I had another British car that would occasionally act the same way.=C2=A0 I=
t turned out,=C2=A0 the vented fuel cap had been blocked with rust and the =
car would stop running after a short drive if the tank was near full.=C2=A0=
It took me a while to find the problem, but the best hint was, the=C2=A0mo=
re fuel that was in the tank the shorter the distance the car would travel =
before stopping.=C2=A0 The more air that was in the tank, the longer it too=
k for the fuel to stop flowing.
How often does it act like this?=C2=A0 =C2=A0I seem to remember you having =
a problem like this a short time ago????
KevinTuscarora, Pa =20
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I had a fuel feed problem with my Bugeye in the recent past. I am sol=
ving that with a new fuel pump. Now to the MG. The fuel pump ru=
nning furiously like the tank is empty never happened when I got the car 7 =
months ago. It is a recent development. I really need to =
get under the car and look around. I'm just whistling in the wind at =
this point. In the next few days I'll get the car up on my hydraulic =
scissor jacks and start the inspection. I will let everyone know what=
I find. Some on the MG Experience said that it sounded like classic =
vapor lock. Maybe while sitting in one spot the fuel line becomes hea=
t soaked. I have no idea the proximity of the fuel lines to the exhau=
st system with this car. <div id=3D"yMail_cursorElementTracker_1=
610337496895">Mike M<br><br><div id=3D"ymail_android_signature"><a id=3D"ym=
ail_android_signature_link" href=3D"https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=3DI=
nProduct&c=3DGlobal_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&=
af_wl=3Dym&af_sub1=3DInternal&af_sub2=3DGlobal_YGrowth&af_sub3=
=3DEmailSignature">Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br> =
<blockquote style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;"> <div style=3D"font-family:Roboto=
, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 5:03 PM, Kevin =
Valentine</div><div><kevinv1275@gmail.com> wrote:</div> </div> <div s=
tyle=3D"padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid =
#6D00F6;"> <div id=3D"yiv9001000893"><div dir=3D"ltr">Mike,<div><br></div><=
div>I had a Triumph Herald that acted like you describe. </div><div><b=
r></div><div>It would occasionally suck air thru a pinhole in the fuel line=
between the tank and the pump. It was a metal fuel line that w=
as rusted just enough for a pinhole to form. The pinhole was at a poi=
nt in the line that was above the fuel tank, so it did not leak fuel.&=
nbsp; The pump was mechanical and would not re-prime itself.&nb=
sp; I would blow into the fuel filler until I pushed enough fuel=
to the front of the car to prime the pump and restart the engine.......&nb=
sp; I was 16 years old and knew nothing about British cars...... (Sti=
ll don't).</div><div><br></div><div>I had another British car that would oc=
casionally act the same way. It turned out, the vented fuel cap=
had been blocked with rust and the car would stop running after a short dr=
ive if the tank was near full. It took me a while to find the problem=
, but the best hint was, the more fuel that was in the tank the shorte=
r the distance the car would travel before stopping. The more air tha=
t was in the tank, the longer it took for the fuel to stop flowing.</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>How often does it act like this? I seem to re=
member you having a problem like this a short time ago????</div><div><br></=
div><div>Kevin</div><div>Tuscarora, Pa</div></div>
</div> </div> </blockquote></div>
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