[TR] Fuel smell

Carl TR cfmtr3a at verizon.net
Fri Feb 12 15:57:51 MST 2010


I saw a '3 at a car show that had a fuel shutoff switch in the breather tube 
that comes off the gas tank and goes below the chassis.   They basically put 
a small detour in it with a switch on the trunk side of the back wall of the 
trunk.

Carl


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <KingsCreekTrees at aol.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 5:33 PM
Subject: [TR] Fuel smell


> Dear Listers;
>
> I'm trying to eradicate the smell of fuel from my TR3A. I can't park the
> car in the garage because the smell of fuel then gets into the house. I've
> gone  through every fuel line, I've renewed the fuel pump, inspected and
> adjusted the  carbs, renewed all gaskets and I know there are no fuel 
> leaks.
> However, the  smell persists, so I have to relegate the car to the farm
> equipment shed and  this poses a logistical problem with moving equipment 
> around,
> etc.
>
> The other day I was reading an old copy of the TRA magazine and it said
> there will always be a slight smell of fuel from a sidescreen TR because 
> of
> how the fuel breather is designed.
>
> Has anyone tried to overcome this?
>
> Tim
>
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