Thanks for the info Harold.
Hmmm, I have my line running down from the carbs, passing in front of
the base of the battery, under the steering rod and then under the
booster to come up to the booster pipe fitting. It gives the engine bay
a much tidier look to not have that pipe running across the top of the
engine. I could investigate a filter unit as you describe. Any idea on
what model car I would be looking for at the junk yard?
Cheers,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: ZinkZ10C@aol.com [mailto:ZinkZ10C@aol.com]
Sent: May 1, 2006 7:03 PM
To: Mark Hooper; wsteinman@pogolaw.com; Dave1massey@cs.com;
triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] A bunch of questions
In a message dated 5/1/06 3:32:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mhooper@digiscreen.ca writes:
<< They found the unit full of gas, not brake
fluid. Don't know how that happened. >>
Vapors from the intake manifold work their way into the vac line and
into the
booster with the engine off. With the engine off the vac check valve
leaks
slightly drawing vaport with it.
The fix is to loop the line above the top of the booster and add a
charcoal
filter. GM cars from the late 70's and newer had a black fuel filter
looking
unit on the booster vac line.
Harold
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