[TR] Smells and wives

[David Lylis]

I think that an attempt at smell elimination is a futile one.  SU carbs are
vented to the atmosphere and gas has such a pervasive smell, I am not sure
you would ever eliminate it entirely.  I go with the suggestion of letting
the car cool down outdoors and then moving it to the garage.
And, by the way, what is the problem with the closet smelling like fuel?  I
keep my garage clothes in my closet and I don't hear any complaining.
(Other than my wife, that is)

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Kinderlehrer <Kinderlehrer at comcast.net>wrote:

> I think I started the discussion with a question about losing gas through
> the overflow. I think I solved that problem with Randal's suggestion to
> remove the overflow and vent the gas cap. Worked fine on this morning's run
> but no long trips yet.  Most of the times I have had gas smells in the
> garage, however, were from leaks from various places in the carbs.
> Complaints went down after rebuilding them.
> Bob
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
> To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [TR] Smells and wives
>
>
>
>  What was the outcome of the recent e-discussion on gas smells?
>>>
>>
>> I believe there were several conclusions; one being that excess smell is
>> frequently caused by leaks too small to drip.  Common locations on a TR3
>> include the bottom of the fuel tank, sediment bowl on the fuel pump, fuel
>> pump outlet fitting, fuel shutoff tap (on car so equipped) and of course
>> the
>> carburetor float bowl mounts & jet gland.
>>
>> Some have also reported an improvement by blocking off (or eliminating)
>> the
>> original banjo tank vent, and substituting a small hole in the filler cap
>> instead.
>>
>> Not reported, but helpful I believe is to let the engine cool outdoors
>> before storing the car in the garage.
>>
>> The ultimate solution of course would be to add a charcoal canister as
>> George suggests.  Not terribly difficult, but I think it will be important
>> to also have a vapor separator in the fuel tank vent line.  The tank vent
>> can dump raw fuel in hard turns, which can contaminate the canister. Later
>> Stags (possibly TR6 as well) used a vapor separator that I think would fit
>> in the space above the tank.
>>
>> Randall
>> _______________________________________________
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