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Re: [Healeys] Escaping air!!

To: Carlos Cruz <healey3000bn7@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Escaping air!!
From: Paul Baker <paulbaker52@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:23:41 +0000 (GMT)
Carlos,
B 
I can understand your disbelief, so clearly I needed to be more specific.B 
Yes there are the usual leaks fromB every partB that contains oil but nothing
that contains fuel.
B 
Paul

--- On Mon, 30/6/08, Carlos Cruz <healey3000bn7@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Carlos Cruz <healey3000bn7@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Escaping air!!
To: paulbaker52@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: "Healeys autox" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, 30 June, 2008, 5:14 PM



Paul,
B 
I think I figured your problem out.B  If you're claiming "no fluid leaks" -
then you're obviously not in a Healey or other British car for that matter.B 
Get out of whatever you're sitting in and go start the Healey and see if you
get the same sound.
B 
Cheers...
8-)
B 


Paul Baker <paulbaker52@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
No, there are no fluid leaks.B
B
Paul

--- On Sun, 29/6/08, Alan Seigrist wrote:

From: Alan Seigrist
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Escaping air!!
To: paulbaker52@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: "Healeys autox"
Date: Sunday, 29 June, 2008, 12:01 PM

Is it leaking gas under there?

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Paul Baker
wrote:
> When I turn the ignition key in my 67 BJ8 and just before the fuel pump
starts
> clicking, there is the sound of a short burst of air escaping under
pressure
> coming from the region of the fuel pump.B Its only just started making
this
> sound over the last few weeks and once the engine is started, which it
does
> just fine, the engine runs as it should.B If I switch the engine off andB
and
> then restart the engine, the sound does not reappear.
> B
> The fuel pump has been on theB car since it was rebuilt in 1991.B As
I'm
> getting the car ready for a trip to the Le Mans Classic in a couple of
weeks I
> don't want to take any chances with a dodgy pump if thats what it is.
> B
> What do you guys think it could be?
> B
> Paul Baker
> B
> 67 Bj8
> 66 Bj8
> 65 Sprite


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