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My vapour lock experiences sound just like you recent problem except the
pump speed was normal, so I'm still in favour of clogging.
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 03:59, Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
> I had a fuel feed problem with my Bugeye in the recent past. I am solving
> that with a new fuel pump. Now to the MG. The fuel pump running 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 heat soaked. I have no idea the
> proximity of the fuel lines to the exhaust system with this car.
> Mike M
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> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 5:03 PM, Kevin Valentine
> <kevinv1275@gmail.com> 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">My vapour lock experiences sound just like you recent prob=
lem except the pump speed was normal, so I'm still in favour of cloggin=
g.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr=
">On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 03:59, Michael MacLean via Spridgets <<a href=
=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote=
:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.=
8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I had a fuel f=
eed problem with my Bugeye in the recent past.=C2=A0 I am solving that with=
a new fuel pump.=C2=A0 Now to the MG.=C2=A0 The fuel pump running furiousl=
y 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 scisso=
r jacks and start the inspection.=C2=A0 I will let everyone know what I fin=
d.=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 heat soak=
ed.=C2=A0 I have no idea the proximity of the fuel lines to the exhaust sys=
tem with this car.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div id=3D"gmail-m_1818996970332864076yMail_c=
ursorElementTracker_1610337496895">Mike M<br><br><div id=3D"gmail-m_1818996=
970332864076ymail_android_signature"><a id=3D"gmail-m_1818996970332864076ym=
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" target=3D"_blank">Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Andro=
id</a></div> <br> <blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px"> <div style=3D"=
font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(109,0,246)"> <div>On Sun, Jan 10, 2=
021 at 5:03 PM, Kevin Valentine</div><div><<a href=3D"mailto:kevinv1275@=
gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">kevinv1275@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div> </di=
v> <div style=3D"padding:10px 0px 0px 20px;margin:10px 0px 0px;border-left:=
1px solid rgb(109,0,246)"> <div id=3D"gmail-m_1818996970332864076yiv9001000=
893"><div dir=3D"ltr">Mike,<div><br></div><div>I had a Triumph Herald that =
acted like you describe.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>It would occasional=
ly 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 just enough for a pin=
hole to form.=C2=A0 The pinhole was at a point in the=C2=A0line that was ab=
ove 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 int=
o the fuel filler until I pushed enough fuel to the front of the car to pri=
me 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 would occasionally act the same way=
.=C2=A0 It 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 fu=
ll.=C2=A0 It took me a while to find the problem, but the best hint was, th=
e=C2=A0more fuel that was in the tank the shorter the distance the car woul=
d travel before stopping.=C2=A0 The more air that was in the tank, the long=
er it took for the fuel to stop flowing.</div><div><br></div><div>How often=
does it act like this?=C2=A0 =C2=A0I seem to remember you having a problem=
like this a short time ago????</div><div><br></div><div>Kevin</div><div>Tu=
scarora, Pa</div></div>
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