[Healeys] Proper starting procedure for a BJ8

Jorge Garcia fortee9er at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 1 11:03:18 MST 2008


Hi John,
The fuel pump runs all the time (keeps on clicking) as
long as I have the ignition on.
The fuel pump is an inexpensive Fawcett pump without a
pressure regulator.
Thanks
Jorge


--- John Loftus <loftusdesign at cox.net> wrote:

> Jorge,
> 
> The 'let the fuel pump run for about 30 seconds' and
> 'smelling gas' 
> makes me think you have bad float, needle stuck open
> (due to crud) or 
> too much fuel pressure problem. Does the fuel pump
> keep clicking during 
> the 30 second time period? Once the fuel bowls fill
> up the clicking 
> should stop with the motor off.
> 
> Cheers,
> John
> 



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