[Healeys] Escaping air!!

[Paul Baker]

No, there are no fluid leaks.B 
B 
Paul

--- On Sun, 29/6/08, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Escaping air!!
To: paulbaker52 at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: "Healeys autox" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, 29 June, 2008, 12:01 PM

Is it leaking gas under there?

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Paul Baker <paulbaker52 at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> When I turn the ignition key in my 67 BJ8 and just before the fuel pump
starts
> clicking, there is the sound of a short burst of air escaping under
pressure
> coming from the region of the fuel pump.B  Its only just started making
this
> sound over the last few weeks and once the engine is started, which it
does
> just fine, the engine runs as it should.B  If I switch the engine off andB
and
> then restart the engine, the sound does not reappear.
> B
> The fuel pump has been on theB car since it was rebuilt in 1991.B  As
I'm
> getting the car ready for a trip to the Le Mans Classic in a couple of
weeks I
> don't want to take any chances with a dodgy pump if thats what it is.
> B
> What do you guys think it could be?
> B
> Paul Baker
> B
> 67 Bj8
> 66 Bj8
> 65 Sprite


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