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I'm with the clogged filter diagnosis. My experience with a pin hole in
the fuel line (rubbed by the handbrake rod) was that I'd get fuel
starvation at high rpm/high speed.
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 01:04, Kevin Valentine via Spridgets <
spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I had a Triumph Herald that acted like you describe.
>
> 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 was rusted just enough
> for a pinhole to form. The pinhole was at a point in the line that was
> above the fuel tank, so it did not leak fuel. The pump was mechanical
> and would not re-prime itself. 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....... I was 16 years old and knew nothing about British
> cars...... (Still don't).
>
> I had another British car that would occasionally 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 drive 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 shorter the distance the car would travel before
> stopping. The more air that was in the tank, the longer it took for the
> fuel to stop flowing.
>
> How often does it act like this? I seem to remember you having a problem
> like this a short time ago????
>
> Kevin
> Tuscarora, Pa
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I'm with the clogged filter diagnosis.=C2=A0 My experi=
ence with a pin hole in the fuel line (rubbed by the handbrake rod) was tha=
t I'd get fuel starvation at high rpm/high speed.</div><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 =
at 01:04, Kevin Valentine via Spridgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px soli=
d rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Mike,<div><br></div><=
div>I had a Triumph Herald that acted like you describe.=C2=A0</div><div><b=
r></div><div>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 w=
as rusted just enough for a pinhole to form.=C2=A0 The pinhole was at a poi=
nt in the=C2=A0line that was above the fuel tank, so it did not leak fuel.=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0The=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 f=
uel to the front of the car to prime the pump and restart the engine.......=
=C2=A0 I was 16 years old and knew nothing about British cars......=C2=A0 (=
Still don't).</div><div><br></div><div>I had another British car that w=
ould occasionally act the same way.=C2=A0 It turned out,=C2=A0 the vented f=
uel cap had been blocked with rust and the car would stop running after a s=
hort 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=A0more 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 took for the fuel to stop flowing.<=
/div><div><br></div><div>How often does it act like this?=C2=A0 =C2=A0I see=
m to remember you having a problem like this a short time ago????</div><div=
><br></div><div>Kevin</div><div>Tuscarora, Pa</div></div>
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