[TR] TR3A fuel troubles

[George Richardson]

I had this problem; It was a chunk of something plugging the outlet from 
the fuel tank. After 7 years my new fuel tank had a collection of rust 
and crap it it that was unbelievable.

I cleaned out the tank and gave it a tank treatment.

George Richardson


On 11/7/2011 5:28 PM, KingsCreekTrees at aol.com wrote:
> Hello All;
>
> I drove into the nearest small town today, on mostly straight roads at
> 50-60mph. I made a few stops at stores and the bank, then started off for home.
>   After the car had been sitting for probably an hour, it started great. I
> pulled  away onto the highway, got up to cruising speed and then there was a
> sudden loss  of power. It was missing (but not "sharply", suggesting to me
> that it's a fuel  problem and not ignition). Applying more throttle slowed
> the car even more,  applying less did the same. There was one throttle
> position where the vehicle  would maintain about 25mph, but running rough.
> Eventually, it lost more and more  power and finally the engine stalled.
>
> I let the engine sit maybe 30 seconds and tried to start it. It cranked
> over for a longer time than usual before it fired, but when it started it ran
> perfectly. I drove away and managed to get about a mile down the road
> before the  sudden power loss and rough running came in again. This time I was
> able to nurse  it along at 50mph (it's a flat road) as long as I kept it out
> of overdrive.  Eventually, same thing; lost power despite my playing with the
> throttle inputs,  and eventually died. This time I left it a minute before
> starting. It started  almost immediately and ran fine, but it was a repeat
> of the same scenario  several times until I got home.
>
> I have done no diagnosis yet, so I could be wasting everyone's time.
> However, if anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Maybe a bad
> float???
>
> Tim TS22930LO, Ontario, Canada.
>
>
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