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I guess I was a victim of the recent e-crash - no emails for a month and I
had to re-register. Thanks to Randall for his help.
Here's my question. Took the TR3 out last week on a very hot day (90+) and
parked it in the sun while running an errand. Came out a half-hour later
and the car started, but sounded like it was running on 3, maybe 2,
cylinders. Drove for about a hundred yards and it died. Waited for about
an hour and managed to get it started - rough as before - but once I reached
an open road it cleared out and ran fine.
Thinking this was vapor lock, I re-routed the gas line and fitted a heat
shield.
Today was 97 degrees and I tested my hypothesis. Drove until it was hot and
then parked it in front of the house. After 30 minutes, started it up and
it was a repeat performance. Ran rough and then died. Checked the plugs -
they were all very sooty. Would you expect this from vapor lock? And where
do you go from here - coat the exhaust manifold?
Andrew Uprichard
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>I guess I was a victim of the recent e-crash – =
no emails
for a month and I had to re-register. Thanks to Randall for his =
help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here’s my question. Took the TR3 =
out last week on a
very hot day (90+) and parked it in the sun while running an errand. =
Came out
a half-hour later and the car started, but sounded like it was running =
on 3,
maybe 2, cylinders. Drove for about a hundred yards and it =
died. Waited for
about an hour and managed to get it started – rough as before =
– but
once I reached an open road it cleared out and ran =
fine.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thinking this was vapor lock, I re-routed the gas =
line and
fitted a heat shield. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Today was 97 degrees and I tested my =
hypothesis. Drove
until it was hot and then parked it in front of the house. After =
30 minutes,
started it up and it was a repeat performance. Ran rough and then died. =
Checked
the plugs – they were all very sooty. Would you expect this =
from vapor
lock? And where do you go from here – coat the exhaust =
manifold?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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