I was one of the ones with the stuck valves in the fuel pump. I have been
using the car for at least 25 miles every week for the entire summer and no
trouble at all. I am wondering if the deposits get worse if the fuel sits in
the tank/pump for 2-3 months unused? My tank is slosh coated 28 years ago
and I do not use any additive in the fuel.
John Quilter
Brisbane, California
1951 TD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blair J. Weiss" <blair@ifd.mv.com>
To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>; "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: TD Fuel Pump
> Anyone remember this post I made in the begining of the summer? Well, it
> happened again last night... WTF? I removed the disks, freed' them up and
> all was well until I snapped the elbow off tightening everything back up.
>
> So what is going on with the fuel nowadays? My tank isn't sloshed with
> sealer, so it's not being eaten and re-deposited in the check valves... I
> buy Mobil gasoline (not a plug or demerit, there is only one gas station
in
> town).
>
> Is anyone else seeing this?
>
> Blair
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blair J. Weiss" <blair@ifd.mv.com>
> To: "Dave and Liz DuBois" <ddubois@sinclair.net>; <mg-t@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:24 PM
> Subject: Re: TD Fuel Pump
>
>
> > Prize goes to Dave! The two check valve disks were stuck. Thanks to
> > everyone for their input.... the suggestions about stabil causing grud
are
> > disturbing, considering, the primary use for stabil is for storage of
> > gasoline... now the big question... what do I drive to work tommorow...
a
> > MG or the Ducati? :)
> >
> >
> > Blair
> > '53 TD
> > '78 B
> > '80 B
> > '01 Ducati 748
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dave and Liz DuBois" <ddubois@sinclair.net>
> > To: "Blair J. Weiss" <blair@ifd.mv.com>
> > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 10:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: TD Fuel Pump
> >
> >
> >> Blair,
> >>
> >> I have attached a fuel delivery troubleshooting guide that may help you
> >> isolate where the problem is. If the pump is running and no gas is
> >> being pumped, the irst thing to look for is an air leak on the inlet
> >> side of the pump. This would not necessarily result in gas leaking ot
> >> if the leak is very close to the pump, as at that point the line is
> >> higher than the top of the fuel tank. I recently had a pump that i had
> >> restored for a client come back to me because it wouldn't pump fuel
> >> (although the indications that he had was that the pump wouldn't run at
> >> all). I found that the valve disks were stuck to the valve seats and
> >> were corroded. When I asked the client if he had put anything in the
> >> tank, he admitted to having used Stabil in the gas to keep it from
going
> >> bad over the winter. when I put a query out on the bulletin board, a
> >> number of people said that they have had corrosion problems and valves
> >> sticking in the fuel pump after having used Stabil in the gas. The
> >> other possibility would be an inlet valve stuck open due to some debris
> >> being caught in it.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Dave
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