[Healeys] Occasional loss of power under acceleration.

tomfelts at windstream.net tomfelts at windstream.net
Tue Jun 17 11:06:20 MDT 2008


Sounds exactly like what mine was doing until I discovered a clogged fuel sock filter inside the fuel tank.  I pulled it off and added an external filter and never the problem again.

tom 
> 
> From: Maurice Maxwell <maxandreb1 at yahoo.com>
> Date: 2008/06/17 Tue PM 12:06:04 EDT
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] Occasional loss of power under acceleration.
> 
> I have experienced a new problem.  I attended the Gold
> Cup Races at VIR two weekends ago and as part of the
> car show event we got to take laps around the 1.1 mile
> Patriot Course.  The first few laps went well the
> engine reved smoothly to 4000 rpm in 3rd followed by a
> shift to OD.  Then on the 4th lap I depressed the
> accelerator pedal and the engine sputtered (no
> backfire, more like no fire or no fuel).  Drove the
> car back to the show field the engine ran smoothly. 
> On my to the motel, I got the same problem if the
> accelerator pedal was depressed beyond a certain point
> of if the engine rpm was above 3000 rpm.  Again the
> same the next day driving back to the track.  The car
> sat in the shade all day and the ambient temperature
> was about 100 degrees.  After the races, I left for
> home, about 100 miles.  The car ran just fine.  Good
> power under full acceleration up to 4000 rpm in any
> gear even 4th OD.  It was still hot on the return
> trip, but not as hot as it was during the laps and the
> trip to the motel the previous day.  
> 
> Several days later, I took the car out and it ran
> fine.  Visited with some friends, left their house
> about 10 PM drove about 20 miles and the problem
> returned.  Turned the engine off for about 1 min,
> restarted it, drove several miles, and it struck
> again/
> 
> What are the possible causes of my dilemma  All help
> appreciated.
> 
> Max
> 1961 BT7
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