Kris.......
If the hose from the "oil separator/flame trap" is disconnected, you are
running lean as the carb has a vacuum leak. This will make the car run hot
and you are probably using more gas as you have to drive the car harder to
compensate for the lean condition.
The hose is supposed to connect to a small, brass fitting on the carburetor.
It is located on the driver's side of the carb., points up at about a 45
degree angle, and is near where the accelerator cable cam is located.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
----- Original Message -----
From: kris nelson <krisn@eskimo.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 10:27 AM
Subject: Hot Air Duct/"Breather pipe"
> Driving to work today, I noticed my gas gauge dropping faster than normal
> (not quite as I watched, but certainly faster than the usual). The car
('77
> MGB) has also been running hotter than usual lately. Once at work, I
popped
> the hood to have a look and found two issues:
>
> (1) the hot air ducting had split--as this helps bring in cooler air when
> necessary, I figured this might well have explained the higher engine
temps
> I'd seen. (Is this likely?)
>
> (2) A hose to nowhere. My Haynes manual calls this the "breather pipe" and
> shows it running from the "oil separator/flame trap" to... somewhere. I
> don't know where, as the illustration shows it disappearing behind my ZS
> carb. A little blind poking in the engine gave no clues as to *where* this
> hose should be attached (or even if it should be attached to anything...)
>
> Can anyone help me? And could this "hose to nowhere" even be responsible
for
> my gas levels dropping more rapidly than normal? I *thought* I smelled a
bit
> of gas at the disconnected end, but then again, a slight smell of gas is
> pretty common around engines, so who knows...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Regards,
> kris ('77 MGB)
> --
> kristopher nelson (krisn@iname.com/krisn@eskimo.com) www.eskimo.com/~krisn
> "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life
> Is rounded with a sleep." -- Prospero, _The Tempest_
>
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