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1. Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: SimJaysun@aol.com; Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 13:52:21 -0400; Hi folks! Well, I've got a new fun one for you... I have a 1979 MGB (FYI). The following is a bit tough to describe, but I'll do my best. The car "stalls" randomly once at running temperature. By ran; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00158.html (7,955 bytes)
2. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: "Frank Sperling" <sperling@hooked.net>; Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 16:27:44 -0800; Had the same problem with my 79B and also thought it was the fuel pump. Bought a new one and the problem still occurred. One day, when fiddling under the hood (which is just about every day I drive t; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00166.html (7,762 bytes)
3. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: SimJaysun@aol.com; Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 16:59:50 -0400; Have you ever noticed that rally tires on bad roads can be rather loud? Of course I listened to the engine, silly boy. :) When one pushes on the gas pedal and nothing happens, it generally gives me; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00173.html (8,206 bytes)
4. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 14:42:50 -0400 (EDT); Sounds like your tachometer is ceasing to function. Don't you listen for the engine before trying to restart it? An MG whose engine cannot be heard running is a new one on me. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Mo; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00176.html (8,693 bytes)
5. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe); Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 17:40:17 PDT; J clarified: Doesn't sound bizarre to me. That's how my car dies when I forget to flip the fuel pump cut out switch to on before driving off. When it finally dies, it runs on for a couple of seconds; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00182.html (9,562 bytes)
6. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: BritCarMag@aol.com; Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 11:49:26 -0400; One alternative reason for "sort of runs no throttle then dies" can be a sticky piston in the carburetor. Found that problem in my 60 Healey; after chasing up everything else, we pulled the carbs apa; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00207.html (8,105 bytes)
7. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: SimJaysun@aol.com; Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 12:37:09 -0400; Thanks for your response. I have one further question, if you don't mind. You mentioned the ignition system is probably the source of my worries, but not really what to look for. Is there a way of p; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00210.html (8,112 bytes)
8. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:23:06 -0400 (EDT); I think before any of us can guess what might do this, we need to know exactly what happened. You are driving down the road and suddenly power disappears at which point the tach drops to zero--right?; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00267.html (9,689 bytes)
9. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: Don Mathis <tdm@smtp-gw.ak.att.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 15:42:47 -0400; Ray....you okay ??!! You sound like you're getting reeal uptight!! Why don't you get up and run around the building once or twice. Don Mathis,Ph.D. Member of Technical Staff LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES Bell; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00277.html (10,437 bytes)
10. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: SimJaysun@aol.com; Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 21:18:25 -0400; I knew when I started this that it was going to be a hellion to describe...Let me try to be a bit more accurate, and less confusing. (try, that is :-) ) Here's the scenario: 1) I'm driving along, at; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00283.html (10,112 bytes)
11. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: drded@ix.netcom.com (David Deutsch); Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:49:45 -0700; I'd pull the fuel line from carb and place in gas can then turn key to on position (not start) and let it pump a little and see if it flows well. This sounds like how one of mine behaved with an inte; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00284.html (8,563 bytes)
12. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 01:07:55 +0600; No tach and no go, eh? Eeeeelectrical problem. The tach is tied to the coil, so a death of both engine and tach sure sounds like a problem with the spark, not the fuel. Is it only the engine and tach; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00288.html (9,046 bytes)
13. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 11:21:24 -0400 (EDT); I am going to take a Wild Assed Guess. One scenario seems consistent with everything except the grinding of the starter that led you to believe the engine was still running. If you have an intermitta; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00295.html (12,281 bytes)
14. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 12:25:18 -0400; I'm with Jay on this one. You've got a fire side problem, not a fuel side one, I think. Ignition relay is a real good bet. As a backup, I'd have a look at your condensor unit (if you have points ins; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00296.html (8,650 bytes)
15. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>; Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:27:01 -0900 (PDT); Lots deleted. The first thing to do is to establish whether it is an ignition or fuel problem. If the engine kind of fades out when it dies it is probably fuel, if it dies instantaneously, it's proba; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00297.html (8,899 bytes)
16. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: Kevin Sullivan <kevins@borris.khoros.unm.edu>; Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 09:13:36 -0600 (MDT); Electric tach, right? Ignition problem. Or the tach could be shorting to ground. You could try running with the tach disconnected. The engine is not running, but is still turning, because until you p; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00298.html (10,804 bytes)
17. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@cu.comp-unltd.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:54:51 -0600 (MDT); My vote is with Jay and Corey. It sounds like the problem is too sudden to be fuel. Plus if it was a quick off and then on, it might explain the grinding starter. Fuel problems tend to be less abrupt; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00299.html (8,778 bytes)
18. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: SimJaysun@aol.com; Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 13:13:52 -0400; Just so you know, it's just the engine and tach that go bad. All other electricals seem to be fine...I think :-). Thanks, J; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00300.html (8,016 bytes)
19. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: SimJaysun@aol.com; Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 13:22:23 -0400; More reference for you fine folks helping me out on this one... 1979 MGB Electronic Ignition Yes, I have a fuel filter... :-) Dies instantaneously, not gradually with a sputter, or anything like that; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00301.html (8,100 bytes)
20. re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1): Author: SimJaysun@aol.com; Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 22:59:54 -0400; Hello to all who have been following this saga, and especially those who At long last, I believe we have found the problem....((drum roll))... It is DEFINATELY the ignition! We put a timing light on; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00331.html (8,846 bytes)

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