[Healeys] Not Healey, but Related British Car Stuff

Michael MacLean rrengineer.mike at att.net
Sun Jan 10 14:40:10 MST 2021


      Not a Healey, but my 69 MGB GT is related in operation.  I went to In N Out for lunch today in my MG.  The line was very long so I had to inch forward and was stopped numerous times for a few minutes in between.  The fuel pump started pumping furiously like I was running out of gas while stopped halfway through the line.  The car was still running.  I got up to the first window to pay and the idle dropped to less than 500 rpm.  In a minute or so later the engine just quit.  There is over a half tank of gas in the car.  I tried starting it several times, but it would just fire and die.  After several attempts the car started again, all the while the fuel pump was going like mad.  After getting out of the line the fuel pump slowed down like normal and you did not hear it after what I assume was a full float bowl.  No issues going home the 4 or 5 miles.  Does that sound like my fuel pump is going out or the tank pickup is clogged?  It has been doing this "empty tank like" pumping fast for a while, but the car has run normal up to now.
Mike MacLean
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