[Healeys] Gas Caps

[philritten at aol.com]

The pump does pump a number of times (say 6 times) when I first turn on the 
 key, and I've noticed lately that I have to crank it much longer before it 
will  start. It used to start pretty quickly, even after sitting for a week.
Could I be losing gas around the carbs?
 
 
In a message dated 12/17/2009 8:54:45 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk writes:

Could  you not be losing fuel at the pump, where the line to the engine 
comes
out?  You'd - possibly - only get a leak when the pump was running, but  
could
lose enough to make a noticeable difference over a while. 
As I  understand it, you couldn't get a leak on the "inward" side of  the
pump.
Simon


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Sent: 17 December 2009 15:45
To:  richard.ewald at gmail.com
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Subject: Re:  [Healeys] Gas Caps

All,

The car is in a padlocked garage, with  an older locking gas cap (and  no 
teenagers). That's why I'm so  puzzled. There is no smell of gas in the
trunk,  
and no sign of  leakage (under the car or at the fuel pump).

Phil


In a  message dated 12/16/2009 10:03:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,   
richard.ewald at gmail.com writes:

Rather  than looking for a new  gas cap, I think you should be looking for a
guy  with an Oklahoma  credit card (a 3' long hose).
I have never heard of that  amount of  gas evaporating in a week even if the
cap is off.  And the  cap  on your car had better be venting, or there will 
  
be
problems.
Rick

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:23 PM,   <PhilRitten at aol.com> wrote:

> I seem to be losing a couple  of  gallons of gas a week while my car is in
> storage. I don't  smell any  fumes, and don't see any leaks. I'm 
wondering 
if
>  perhaps my gas cap  could be bad and be venting gas. Does anyone  have
>   advice?
>
> Thanks,
>  Phil
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