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Re: [Spridgets] Fuel sucking vacuum problem on Pinky youtubes to

To: grunthaner@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fuel sucking vacuum problem on Pinky youtubes to
From: WeslakeMonza1330@aol.com
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 05:32:14 EDT
Hi Linda,
 
I'd try a process of elimination.  It doesn't appear to be a fuel  delivery 
fault but assuming the car has an electric pump I'd ensure the tank was  
full and then disconnect the pipe from the carbs and pump it out into a can 
and  from the can back into the tank for a length of time longer than the car  
runs for it.  You need an assistant to do this unless you have a lot of  
cans (well 6.5 gallons worth) or it takes long enough to pump a tank full out  
that you meet the criteria of pumping longer than it runs for.
 
That test will determine whether or not the fuel pump is ceasing to work  
when it gets hot.  An alternative approach would be to run the engine until  
it stops and then remove each float bowl to see if there is still fuel in  
them.  If they are empty you have a fuel starvation problem and look to the  
pump but if they are full it's not a fuel problem and look to the  electrics.
 
Electrical problems often vary with heat such that once the engine and  
everything else has warmed up just nicely they play up and you get a miss or a  
complete engine shut down.  If the problem is coil you tend to get high rpm 
 faults first - engine will not rev or misses at high rpm.  The condensor,  
rotor arm and distributor cap or sometimes more than one of them can cause 
the  problem your car is experiencing.  Do you have a good USED condensor,  
rotor arm and distributor cap you can try?  Don't just rush out and buy new  
because some of the new parts are no good except for those RED rotor arms 
which  you ought to buy anyway.
 
Generally fuel problems are rare and really obvious but ignition problems  
are common and not really obvious.
 
Finally, it looks like you have an aftermarket moto-lita steering wheel  
that someone has made a boss insert for so that you have have the Bugeye  
lightning flash horn push.
 
Regards
 
Weslake-Monza1330
 
In a message dated 09/10/2010 20:08:04 GMT Daylight Time,  
grunthaner@gmail.com writes:

I let  her sit 15 minutes then she
fires up great runs great and then 5 or 10  minutes later she craps out, but
I see she is getting fuel  now.
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