Robert,
You've got me a little intrigued. If the engine dies, I restart and rev up
real high then let off it does shut off again. If I'm just doing some
regular driving and rev up and then off, everything is fine, no problems.
Lucky for me I have a "spare" fuel pump in the trunk. I'll check it over to
make sure its in good shape and put it in probably next weekend.
Thanks for the suggestion,
Steven
----- Original Message -----
> Steve, you did a great job of describing the problem, your efforts to
> correct and as we all do, a cry for help.
>
> On my TR6, before I sold it, (Sniff) I had a similar problem. I found that
> the fuel pump diaphragm was very old and looked like hell. Along with the
> replacement kit came new check valves. I did all of it and ended up
> resolving the issue. You see when the car is doing a ton down the road,
> the
> pump is humping (yes that's what I meant) the cam lobe so fast that you
> are
> building enough suction for the gas to come through the check valves and
> into the float bowl. When coming to a stop in a fast manner, the engine
> slows and so in turn the pressure drops. Your float bowls are never really
> full at any point, but at speed you are getting just enough gas into them
> to
> run the motor. So back to the point of deceleration: here you now have
> lack
> of fuel in the bowls, causing the engine to stall. Then as it sits it
> regains gas into the bowls through the left over suction and as the engine
> is off it is not using any gas. Then when you start up again it will run.
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