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Re: [Healeys] Not Healey, but Related British Car Stuff

To: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Not Healey, but Related British Car Stuff
From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:07:42 +0800
Cc: Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
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On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 5:41 AM Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
wrote:

>       Not a Healey, but my 69 MGB GT is related in operation.  I went to
> In N Out for lunch today in my MG.  The line was very long so I had to inch
> forward and was stopped numerous times for a few minutes in between.  The
> fuel pump started pumping furiously like I was running out of gas while
> stopped halfway through the line.  The car was still running.  I got up to
> the first window to pay and the idle dropped to less than 500 rpm.  In a
> minute or so later the engine just quit.  There is over a half tank of gas
> in the car.  I tried starting it several times, but it would just fire and
> die.  After several attempts the car started again, all the while the fuel
> pump was going like mad.  After getting out of the line the fuel pump
> slowed down like normal and you did not hear it after what I assume was a
> full float bowl.  No issues going home the 4 or 5 miles.  Does that sound
> like my fuel pump is going out or the tank pickup is clogged?  It has been
> doing this "empty tank like" pumping fast for a while, but the car has run
> normal up to now.
> Mike MacLean
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">You have vapeaueaauaour lock</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_=
quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 5:41 A=
M Michael MacLean &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net";>rrengineer=
.mike@att.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddi=
ng-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,&qu=
ot;new york&quot;,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><span>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Not a Healey, but my 69 MGB =
GT is related in operation.=C2=A0 I went to In N Out for lunch today in my =
MG.=C2=A0 The line was very long so I had to=20
inch forward and was stopped numerous times for a few minutes in=20
between.=C2=A0 The fuel pump started pumping furiously like I was
 running out of gas while stopped halfway through the line.=C2=A0 The car w=
as
 still running.=C2=A0 I got up to the first window to pay and the idle=20
dropped to less than 500 rpm.=C2=A0 In a minute or so later the engine just=
=20
quit.=C2=A0 There is over a half tank of gas in the car.=C2=A0 I tried star=
ting it
 several times, but it would just fire and die.=C2=A0 After several attempt=
s=20
the car started again, all the while the fuel pump was going like mad.=C2=
=A0=20
After getting out of the line the fuel pump slowed down like normal and=20
you did not hear it after what I assume was a full float bowl.=C2=A0 No=20
issues going home the 4 or 5 miles.=C2=A0 Does that sound like my fuel pump=
=20
is going out or the tank pickup is clogged?=C2=A0 It has been doing this &q=
uot;empty tank like&quot; pumping fast for a while, but the car has run nor=
mal up to now.<br></span></div><span>Mike MacLean</span></div><div><br></di=
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