At 02:42 PM 10/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Several people have sugested clogged lines or filters. Would this be
>consistent with the almost instant restarting. By the way I am running an
>auxillary electric pump. I have had problems with crud before as the "new"
>gas ate the diaphram in my old electric pump. As another clue I also have
>a Jaguar XK120 and when I drove it this AM it seemed to be be suffering
>from a somewhat similar problem, although not as severe. Could it be old
>gas? The gas in the tanks is probably several months old. In any case I
>will begin by checking the fuel filters (inline and bowl). All my problems
>with the Morgan seem to date from the advent of the new gas, but also may
>be a result of not driving the car enough. It sat around for over a year
>after I retired and moved to Arkansas.
My experiences with "old" gas (including a '67 E-type that I no longer own
(NO, I DON'T want to talk about it)) are different from what's described in
this thred. For me, old gas made it harder to start a cold engine, and
made the engine seem a tad down on power, but the engine ran well enough
and even had a pretty steady idle. I have two suggestions re: your 120:
(1) sell it to me, cheep, or...
(2) top the tank off with 'fresh' premium gas. If its just 'old' gas I'll
recon you'd see an improvement with fresh fuel.
I really think option one is the best for you ;-)
My take on the clogged lines and filters is that if there are bits (rust?)
in the lines that are pushed along with the fuel, and 'pack' at some point
in the line (or in the 'dirty' side of the fuel filter), that packing
breaks down when the fuel preasure drops to zero (when the engine is off),
clearing the block temporarily. After starting the engine up again, fuel
flow repacks the block and the engine starves again.
YMMV,
Will Zehring
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