[Spridgets] Not Healey, but Related

[Michael MacLean]

 Chuck if it was pumping against a clog, wouldn't it slow down or stop like the float bowl was full?Mike M

    On Sunday, January 10, 2021, 3:13:28 PM PST, crusaderchuck55--- via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
  Bee 4 ewe do anything!   Check for a clogged filter screen on the SU pump inlet side if it has one AND ANY in line fuel filter!There's the diagnostic "start spot".It's trying to pump either against a clog or through a clog.   That's my advice to start...Long story associated to this involving towing with a 1970 Monte Carlo SS454 & a 56 Chevy show car on open trailer.....Chuck
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------ Original message------From: Michael MacLean via SpridgetsDate: Sun, Jan 10, 2021 4:38 PM To: Spridgets List;Cc: Subject:[Spridgets] Not Healey, but Related
I went to In N Out for lunch today in my 1969 MGB GT.  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?Mike MacLean
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