Gas can trickle down the manifold through open valves and down in the cylinders
past the static rings.
Lou
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> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 02:34:54 +0000
> From: James_ <jattr6@hotmail.com>
> To: Andrew Uprichard <auprichard@uprichard.net>
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> Subject: Re: [6pack] fuel problem
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> I agree - only because I just went through the nightmare of fuel in my oil
> pan. I feel dumb for not picking up on all the signs!
> It was only when it started (after sitting to allow the fuel to evaporate
> enough) and then a shower of oil/fuel came out from between the valve cover
> and engine. And it was a mess!
> Prior to the eruption, I would smell fuel but my nose quickly became immune
> to the smell. And I never thought of checking the oil. Ugh.
> It was a faulty (rebuilt no less) diaphram in the fuel pump. I should have
> just bought a NEW one.
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> The only sign it was bad was the center pin turned freely. It should not. I
> didn?t see any tears but that was the issue. Check it out.
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> ?Sent from my Atari 2600?
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>> On Sep 11, 2018, at 7:23 PM, Andrew Uprichard via 6pack
>> <6pack@autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> Maybe I am missing something (not uncommon), but I wouldn't have thought a
>> stuck needle valve would result in gas being dumped into the engine. If
>> this is happening, I would think there is a problem with the gas pump. I
>> don't know the TR6, but I imagine the mechanism is the same as the earlier
>> cars with a rubber diaphragm which can leak.
>>
>> Do you think the problem may be your pump?
>>
>> Andrew Uprichard
>> Jackson, Michigan
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 6pack [mailto:6pack-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Patrick
>> Bitton via 6pack
>> Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2018 3:49 PM
>> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [6pack] fuel problem
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>> Thank you everyone for your suggestions.
>> Indeed the needle was stuck.
>> I drained the gas from the carbs and blew some WD-40 and tapped the bowls
>> with a small wrench and it work.
>> Needless to say that when I changed the oil, the viscosity of the oil was
>> like water because of all the gas that made its way into the engine.
>> However, the car is now running REALLY rough. When I give gas, it start to
>> putter and I have to pump the gas to get the revs up and then it will die.
>> I never had that problem. What can this be?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Patrick Bitton
>>
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