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RE: TR 4 problem

Subject: RE: TR 4 problem
From: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:18:02 -0700
Cc: "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Organization: Navcom Technology, Inc
On Friday, May 28, 1999 12:09 PM, Amy Jo Black & Tony Zager 
[SMTP:amyjo@tranquility.net] wrote:
> I have both a non-vented gas tank and a non-vented cap!  Could this cause 
any
> fuel delivery problem?  I'll drive home with the cap undone and see what
> happens....

Certainly a possibility !  The pump sucks a vacuum in the tank when the 
flow rate gets high enough, and then can't deliver enough fuel to the 
carbs.  A tiny air leak somewhere lets in enough air to run lower flow 
rates.

Randall


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