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RE: TR6: Fuel or Electricity

Subject: RE: TR6: Fuel or Electricity
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 12:17:55 +0100
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
could be boiling fuel as well, check if a fuel line runs close to
anything hot.

> ----------
> From:         Joseph Sholtes[SMTP:joeiv@concentric.net]
> Reply To:     Joseph Sholtes
> Sent:         Thursday, April 23, 1998 3:30 AM
> To:   R. Bruce Crouter
> Cc:   triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Re: TR6: Fuel or Electricity
> 
> 
> Bruce,
> 
> 
>     Sometimes, when a fuel tank has poor ventilation pro-
> blems, a car will behave exactly as you state yours did.  The
> reason is that as fuel gets sucked out of the tank, an insufficient
> amout of air is let in to replace the volume.  If it is a vent
> restriction
> problem instead of a complete vent blockage, then the problem on-
> ly occurs at sustained high RPM running.  The diagnosis in this case
> can be maddening.
>   The simple way to check for this is to drive on the highway with
> your
> fuel cap open (just be sure it's not raining, or you'll start a whole
> slew of
> other problems ;)... ). If the car runs fine this way, you've found
> the problem.
> 
>                                             JOE IV
>                                             TR 250
>                                       WALLINGFORD, CT. USA
> 

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