[Mg-t] trouble starting

[John F. Quilter]

Would some pipe insulation wrapped around the float bowls help?  And maybe a 
rubber hose sleeve over the fuel line on the bulkhead leading to the fuel 
pump?

John Quilter
'51 TD
Eugene, Oregon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie at britcars.com>
To: "oliver" <sumton at sbcglobal.net>; "MG-T" <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] trouble starting


> Oliver,
>
> The new fuels which have ethanol in them vaporize more easily than gas 
> used to. The heat of the engine is transmitted via the manifold studs 
> directly into the carburetors so you end up trying to re-start the engine 
> with fuel that's not mixing with the air the way it should. This problem 
> has affected lots of folks in recent years.
>
> The cure I've found is to insulate the carbs from the manifold with 
> spacers like the TF, MGA, MGB, etc. used. If you have 1-12" carbs you can 
> use TF spacers and studs to replace the TD bolts (and new gaskets, of 
> course). If you have 1-1/4" carbs, I have a local supplier of the correct 
> size spacers which we had made up to solve this very problem on TCs and 
> TDs. They're not cheap ($30 a pair, as they were custom-made in a small 
> run) and you still need to buy 4 gaskets and studs and nuts, but they 
> really do eliminate the problem.
>
> Lawrie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "oliver" <sumton at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "MG-T" <mg-t at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 7:04 PM
> Subject: [Mg-t] trouble starting
>
>
>> greetings from Dallas, where on a good evening the temperature drops to 
>> almost
>> 80.
>>
>> we were out in the car, about twilight.  almost an hour later weather.com 
>> says
>> the ambient temperature is 90
>>
>> we drove the car for about 10 - 15 minutes, then parked for about 10 - 15
>> minutes.  it would not start, although it seemed to catch for maybe one 
>> cycle
>> or less.
>>
>> fortunately, we were parked on a hill, and I was able to push start it. 
>> it
>> was very jerky for about 20 seconds, then ran just fine for the 15 minute
>> drive home.
>>
>> vapor lock?
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