Thanks Dave! I have been meaning to tear down the carbs and the fuel
pump, and have the rebuilt kits on hand. Winter project, unless the car
makes me get to it earlier!
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William B.F. Steinman
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave1massey@cs.com [mailto:Dave1massey@cs.com]
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 1:16 PM
To: Steinman, Bill; owner-triumphs@autox.team.net;
triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Sudden loss of power
In a message dated 9/12/2005 10:19:54 AM Central Standard Time,
wsteinman@pogolaw.com writes:
I was zipping along in my TR250 in third gear enjoying a
crisp morning
and a drive through the park. All of a sudden, the car
lost a lot of
power. I slowed down and down-shifted into second gear,
and continued
to feel the loss of power. I pushed the gas pedal and
it didn't really
help, and I was losing power on the road, so I pulled
out the choke and
she roared back to life. I pulled over, let her idle a
bit with the
choke open, and then pushed the choke back and let her
idle for a few
minutes. She tends to idle fast anyway (I know, I know
-- I need to fix
this. I'm sure I'm fouling the plugs), so I took the
time to crank the
idle speed down while I waited and contemplated.
The fact that the symptom clear up when the choke was pulled is
either a coincidence of indicative of a fuel problem. It could be
vapour lock or it might be a premonition that your fuel pump diaghram is
reacting adversely to the new gas formulations. My TR6 did this a few
times and I found that working the manual lever made the car resume good
running behaviour. If you haven't rebuilt your fuel pump recently (like
in the last 10 years) have a good look.
Dave Massey
57 TR3
71 TR6
80 TR8
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