[Healeys] Tapping Fuel Pump TIps

[Michael Salter]

I forgot another major mitigating factor in the vapour lock issue.
Ethanol laced fuels have a significantly lower boiling point than straight
petrol ... not a problem in cars with the fuel pump submerged in the fuel
tank but a major issue for our cars.

M

On Mon., Jun. 22, 2020, 9:30 a.m. Perry via Healeys, <healeys at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Assuming that the problem is vapor lock, but we can not determine where in
> the fuel system the overheating occurs, can we make the assumption that the
> factory understood the problem and moved the fuel pump to the right side of
> the then BT and BN7’s in January 1962 in order to fix it?  For instance do
> we have evidence/experience that the vapor lock is also occurring in cars
> built after the pump was relocated?
>
> Perry
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> *From: *editorgary--- via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Sent: *Monday, June 22, 2020 8:59 AM
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> *Subject: *[Healeys] Tapping Fuel Pump TIps
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> Thanks, everyone, for your collective wisdom on the fuel pump. Given that
> the car restarted without issue after sitting in the parking lot of the
> winery for two hours, and when I filled up the tank on the way back to the
> garage, with an 18 mpg indicated for the 75 mile run, I'm going to conclude
> that it was just vapor lock from the 15 miles in traffic at 95 degrees
> during the middle of the day.
>
> Thanks for giving me an explanation that fitted the circumstances and made
> me feel better about the day's experience. Now I'm looking forward to
> getting up into the coastal mountains for more runs this summer. The car
> has been too many recent summers without any good touring, while I lived in
> the increasingly densely trafficked SF Bay Area. Really happy with all of
> this Covid stuff to be up here in idyllic Oregon.
>
>
>
> Best
>
> Gary Anderson
>
>
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