[Healeys] Not Healey, but Related British Car Stuff

[Kees Oudesluijs]

I could be that the pump valves may be full of dirt from the tank. Is 
there a fuel filter between tank and pump?

Kees Oudesluijs



Op 10-1-2021 om 22:40 schreef Michael MacLean:
>       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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