[Healeys] Fuel problem

F Ronald Rader f.ronald.rader at gmail.com
Sat Mar 24 15:19:23 MDT 2012


It could be the new gasoline formulation.
I had the same problem with my XK 150.

When it seems that it is starving for full and wants to stop running
(and sometimes does)
It is always a hot day after running for some time.
Switching to the alternate fuel pump cures the problem??

Then after a minute a switch back to the first pump that works fine also.

I think some kind of vapor lock.
No it did not do that during the first three years that I owned it.

I have headers. Boy did they raise the under hood temp!
I had them ceramic coated inside and outside.
I also added heat trapping cloth wrapping from the flange to the muffler.

After two hours or getting back in after lunch - everything is still hot.
ron rader


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