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Re: [TR] Stranded

To: terryrs@comcast.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Stranded
From: Chip19474@aol.com
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:08:40 EDT
Terry,
 
Check for fuel flow at the carbs.....the fact that you hear the fuel pump  
ticking or pulsing is no assurance that fuel is actually getting to the  
carbs...the pump may be working against a cloggeg fuel filter if you have one  
in-line from the pump to the carbs.
 
About 5 years ago my TR6 did the same symptoms after a nice long  
drive...fortunately just as I pulled into our driveway. It turned out to be  a 
clogged fuel filter.....I cut the clogged filter open after I replaced it and  
found it coated with a rust colored muck and little bits of "stuff".   
Evidently my restored fuel tank hadn't been as flushed clean as it should have  
been 
and the sediment, etc finally built up and stopped the fuel flow.
 
Chip Krout
Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
Skippack, PA
1976 TR6  CF57822U
 
 
In a message dated 9/23/2010 7:06:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
terryrs@comcast.net writes:

Did not  check fuel flow, but can hear the electric fuel pump  throbbing.

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