[Spridgets] Fuel pump

[Weslake1330]

My vapour lock experiences sound just like you recent problem except the
pump speed was normal, so I'm still in favour of clogging.

On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 03:59, Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I had a fuel feed problem with my Bugeye in the recent past.  I am solving
> that with a new fuel pump.  Now to the MG.  The fuel pump running furiously
> like the tank is empty never happened when I got the car 7 months ago.  It
> is a recent development.   I really need to get under the car and look
> around.  I'm just whistling in the wind at this point.  In the next few
> days I'll get the car up on my hydraulic scissor jacks and start the
> inspection.  I will let everyone know what I find.  Some on the MG
> Experience said that it sounded like classic vapor lock.  Maybe while
> sitting in one spot the fuel line becomes heat soaked.  I have no idea the
> proximity of the fuel lines to the exhaust system with this car.
> Mike M
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> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 5:03 PM, Kevin Valentine
> <kevinv1275 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I had a Triumph Herald that acted like you describe.
>
> It would occasionally suck air thru a pinhole in the fuel line between the
> tank and the pump.   It was a metal fuel line that was rusted just enough
> for a pinhole to form.  The pinhole was at a point in the line that was
> above the fuel tank, so it did not leak fuel.   The  pump was mechanical
> and would not re-prime itself.  I would  blow into the fuel filler until I
> pushed enough fuel to the front of the car to prime the pump and restart
> the engine.......  I was 16 years old and knew nothing about British
> cars......  (Still don't).
>
> I had another British car that would occasionally act the same way.  It
> turned out,  the vented fuel cap had been blocked with rust and the car
> would stop running after a short drive if the tank was near full.  It took
> me a while to find the problem, but the best hint was, the more fuel that
> was in the tank the shorter the distance the car would travel before
> stopping.  The more air that was in the tank, the longer it took for the
> fuel to stop flowing.
>
> How often does it act like this?   I seem to remember you having a problem
> like this a short time ago????
>
> Kevin
> Tuscarora, Pa
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