[Healeys] No Power

[pennell at cox.net]

Steve,

Disconnect the fuel line at the carbs and place a small pot/pan under the end.  Turn on the ignition.  Does the pump click?  Does it go on and on and on?  Does fuel run into the pan?  Repeat several times.  Do you still get gas in the pan?

If not then follow Alan's advice.

Keith Pennell

---- Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Steve -
> 
> It's hard to say without more data, but sounds like fuel starvation.
> If cars sit for a long time, the fuel tanks rust up and the rust scale
> clogs up the fuel pump causing it to work overtime.  The fact that it
> worked for a short while suggests this is your problem (ie it took a
> few minutes to suck the rust into your system)
> 
> I'd say drain and flush your tank and take out the fuel pump and
> dissassemble and clean.
> 
> To be honest as I get older I think SU pumps have a bad wrap. They
> actually work fine, but they fail usually when they get clogged with
> crap.
> 
> All cars I buy, I ALWAYS pull the tank and fuel pump and clean them
> out thoroughly.