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Re: It doesn't want to go over 60!

To: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: It doesn't want to go over 60!
From: glen@pegasus.unm.edu
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 21:46:09 -0600 (MDT)
On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Ulix Goettsch wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, George Procyshyn wrote:
> 
> > My TF1500 doesn't want to go over 4000 rpm on the highway. That's about
> > 63-65 mgh. It runs fine until I touch the gas then it bogs. I let up the gas
> > a bit and hit it again and all is fine for half a minute or so then it does
> > it again. Suggestions anyone?
> > 
> 
> I'd say fuel pump.  The pump can't keep up with the amount of fuel your
> engine needs above 4000 rpm.  When you slow down a little, it gets the
> chance to catch up a little and fill the fuel bowl full.
> Could be a hole in the diaphragm or something like that.
> 
>     Ulix                                                    __/__,__          
> .......................................................... (_o____o_).....
>                                                            '67 Sprite
along those same lines it may also be a partially restricted fuel filter 
or even a kink in the fuel line somewheres.

glen
 

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