Hi Patrick,
I had the same problem this spring after having the motor out for misc
things. It ran pretty well til it started spewing gas from the vent in
the front carb. Appears that the needle/seat (that allows the proper
amount of fuel in the bowl based on float level) was either dirty or
dried out from sitting without fuel over the winter.
Plug the fuel line and run the carbs dry. Spray a liberal amount of carb
cleaner in the fuel inlets and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes. Blow
compressed air lightly into the fuel inlets, being careful not to use to
much pressure. Turn the fuel supply back on, start the car and tap the
carb bowl areas with a hammer....careful here, not too hard. You may
have to do this a couple of times but will probably do the trick. I also
run about 5 ounces of Marvel Mystery Oil in each tankful of gas. Not
sure if this helps a problem like yours but it won't hurt. It has been
said that this does help with the top end lubrication that is missing in
today's unleaded fuels.
Good luck,
Jay Welch, Abington MA
1971 TR6 project
1973 TR6 driver - wanting to "Drive it Hard"
Member "Cape Cod British Car Club" @
http://clubs.hemmings.com/capecodbritish/
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:50:36 -0400
From: "Patrick Bitton" <pbitton@axess.com>
Subject:
My TR-6 finally started. Took a while but finally starts.
Only one little problems. Since I don't have the air cleaner installed. I
noticed that gas comes gushing out of a hole in the carbs. Is there
supposed
to me a cap in it? I can't imagine that the air cleaner will stop the gas
from flowing out.
Please help. My neighbors are going to start complaining.
Patrick
/// triumphs@autox.team.net mailing list
/// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net
/// with nothing in it but
///
/// unsubscribe triumphs
///
/// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
|