Ned -
Bob's email got me thinking... when you start the car in the morning have
you checked the floor underneath the carbs to see if fuel is leaking out of
your float chambers? Sometimes when SUs are cold, the float jets don't seal
very well and fuel can leak out and drip onto the floor. Typically when the
car is warm ... this becomes less of a problem.
Let us know.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On 2/16/07, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Can only speak from personal experience, but under normal
> circumstances--i.e. not Phoenix in August--the fuel system should
> remain "full," with even a teensy bit of pressure overnight. That
> means no clicking or just a click or two when you turn the key
> in the morning.
>
> If you're getting a lot of clicks every morning, you're either:
>
> 1) losing gas from the float bowls (from heat or a leak) or
> somewhere else
>
> 2) you have an air leak somewhere in the system (probably
> between the pump and the tank)
>
> 3) you have a bad valve in the pump (not likely--there isn't much
> to fail)
>
> Are you sure your pump isn't pumping furiously when the engine's
> running? When I had a points-driven pump, I could tune the BMC
> radio between stations and listen to every beat of the pump--kind
> of an LBC EKG ;)
>
> The hard fiber washers used on banjo connections usually need
> to be re-tightened after being in service for awhile.
>
>
> bs
>
>
>
> --
> ***************************************************************
> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
> ***************************************************************
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Ned Smith" <smithn00@kitepilot.net>
> > If you drive your AH almost everyday, should you get a lot of fuel pump
> > clicks when you start it up the next day or just 2 or 3?
> >
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> >
> >
> > Ned Smith
> >
> > BJ8
> >
> > near Chattanooga, TN
> >
> > N34.89, W85.47
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