I saw a '3 at a car show that had a fuel shutoff switch in the breather tube
that comes off the gas tank and goes below the chassis. They basically put
a small detour in it with a switch on the trunk side of the back wall of the
trunk.
Carl
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From: <KingsCreekTrees@aol.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 5:33 PM
Subject: [TR] Fuel smell
> Dear Listers;
>
> I'm trying to eradicate the smell of fuel from my TR3A. I can't park the
> car in the garage because the smell of fuel then gets into the house. I've
> gone through every fuel line, I've renewed the fuel pump, inspected and
> adjusted the carbs, renewed all gaskets and I know there are no fuel
> leaks.
> However, the smell persists, so I have to relegate the car to the farm
> equipment shed and this poses a logistical problem with moving equipment
> around,
> etc.
>
> The other day I was reading an old copy of the TRA magazine and it said
> there will always be a slight smell of fuel from a sidescreen TR because
> of
> how the fuel breather is designed.
>
> Has anyone tried to overcome this?
>
> Tim
>
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