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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Brian:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Similar happened to me after rebuilding my carbs on my BJ8 as part of rebuilding and installing the engine. Engine was running perfectly so I began to take short engine break in trips, when 40 miles from home going to my doctor it started coughing so I limped into his parking lot. Had my visit and returned to the car and started the engine, but, it was difficult to keep it running. Turned of the engine opened the hood, got the engine running rough and thought must be the ball valve feed in one of the carbs. Then I looked down on the ground and saw fuel running out from under the engine, looked down and saw it running out of the overflow tubes on the front carb and shut down the engine. Called AAA and got towed home, best insurance you can buy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Next day I took off the lid on the front carb float bowl and found the ball valve fitting in the bowl. It must have unscrewed because the mechanic did not tighten it enough in the rebuild. I could have done that job in the parking lot of the doctors office, but, forgot to reinstall my pliers, screwdrivers etc. in the boot after taking the car off the jacks and test driving it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Aren’t old cars fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bob Begani<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>67 BJ8<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Drab<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Running problem<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>About 4 years ago I rebuilt my HD8 carbs and the car has run great since then with no adjustments required or made.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>I put the car away for the winter in about November last year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>In probably mid January I decided to take the car out. It was a gorgeous day and I had to go to the grocery store about a mile away. I started the car and it ran fine. I noted that the gas gauge read between empty and ¼ . I started of to the store, but I noticed an obvious smell of raw gas when I was driving. When I got to the store lot, I parked the car, did my shopping, and came back out. When I turned the key, I now noticed that the gas gauge moved up to dead on empty whi8ch on my car means you are really out of gas!. When I started the car, I got about 100 feet when the fuel pump started hammering. I got another couple of feet and the car ran out of gas. Fortunately, I was just across the street from a gas station so I took my trusty gas can, went over and filled it, then came back and poured it in the gas tank. The car started up fine but began running really rough. I went another ½ block into another store, parked the car and went inside. When I came back out about 15 minutes later there was a pool of gas, about 2-3’wide, under the front of the car. I started the car and it barely ran. I literally had to coax it home. It sounded like severe fuel starvation – running barely on about 3 cyclinders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>There was no more smell of raw gas nor any fuel leak as before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>When I got home, I rapped the top of the float bowls on each carb in caser it was a stuck float valve. and it seemed to run a lot better. I felt at that time that a float valve had stuck and probably siphoned the fuel out of one of float bowls through the overflow tube.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Fast forward 3 months: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Last night I was getting it ready to take it on a bit of a road trip today it and when I took it out, it ran very poorly – again like fuel starvation but not as bad as before. It also popped back through the carbs frequently which I interpreted to be a very lean mixture <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>I did the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>put another 3 or 4 gallons of gas in the tank<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Took the float bowls apart and cleaned them out – there was a bit of sediment in them but nothing worthwhile. I also checked the floats which were both leak free. I also cleaned out the float bowl filters at the in line. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>I checked the Gros float valves and they seemed to work properly – held upside down, they closed and opened right side up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>I disconnected the fuel line at the fuel pump and blew air back into the tank thinking that when it ran out of gas, sediment in the bottom of the tank may have plugged the intake. It blew fine into the tank. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>I have 2 fuel pumps on the car – the regular SU and a facet pump. I pulled of the fuel line at the float bowl and turned on the ignition. The SU pump and the facet pump each filled a coke bottle pretty quickly. I did not measure pressure. The gas looked clear and pure. I do not have a fuel line filter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>I checked the plugs all seemed good and were in fact burning on the lean side. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>I pulled the distributor cap and it was nice and clean inside with no sign of carbon tracks. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>I have electronic ignition so there is nothing I can check there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>I checked the timing – it was right on. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>No matter what I did it didn’t make an improvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>I replaced the Gros float valves but it made no difference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Today I pulled the carbs (which on a BJ8 is no easy task) I checked the diaphrams and both were in good condition. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Now I am stumped. Is it a fuel problem or something else? Can any one offer any suggestions?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Brian Drab<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Vancouver B.C.</span><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>