[Healeys] Not Healey, but Related British Car Stuff

[Peter Dzwig]

You're a braver man than me :-) Taking a classic to The In and Out in
modern London traffic would not be my idea of fun! An E-type may be
though :-)

Peter

On 12/01/2021 00:28, WILLIAM B LAWRENCE wrote:


> *Sent:* Monday, January 11, 2021 11:07 AM
> *To:* Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
> *Cc:* Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Not Healey, but Related British Car Stuff
>  
> You have vapeaueaauaour lock
> 
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 5:41 AM Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net
> <mailto:rrengineer.mike at att.net>> wrote:
> 
>           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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Dr. Peter Dzwig