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Re: [Tigers] "POS" carb

To: Allan Ballard <allanballard@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] "POS" carb
From: Steve Laifman <slaifman@socal.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:26:36 -0700
Allan,

If the carb floats are sticking, or not shutting off when back-pressure 
is sensed by the fuel pump, it may starve the engine out, and leave an 
un-purged residue of gas.

I don't exactly understand what you mean by "a pool" of gas "inside the 
throat?"

Steve

With an F4B and quad 465 CFM Holley.

Steve

Steve Laifman

Editor

http://TigersUnited.com



Allan Ballard wrote:
> Fuel pump meaning pumping too much fuel?
>
>
> On Jul 16, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Steve Laifman wrote:
>
>> Allan,
>>
>> Do you think, maybe, that it is the SU fuel pump causing your symptoms?
>>
>> If the ignition were cutting out, my father's solution to everything 
>> electrical was "it must be a loose wire" 
>>
>> <confused.gif>     (icon may be deleted by List Mail limitations)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Steve Laifman
>>
>> Editor
>>
>> http://TigersUnited.com <http://TigersUnited.com/>
>>
>>
>>
>> Allan Ballard wrote:
>>> I m sorting my stock  MK1a Tiger, trying to get it back on the streets 
>after ~
>>> 3 decades of storage in a barn.
>>>
>>> Current focus is on carburation.
>>>       

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