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Re: It doesn't want to go over 60!

To: glen@pegasus.unm.edu
Subject: Re: It doesn't want to go over 60!
From: rdonahue@holli.com (Robert J. Donahue)
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 23:03:56 -0500 (EST)
>On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Ulix Goettsch wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, George Procyshyn wrote:
>> 
>> > My TF1500 doesn't want to go over 4000 rpm on the highway. That's about
>> > 63-65 mgh. It runs fine until I touch the gas then it bogs. I let up 
the gas
>> > a bit and hit it again and all is fine for half a minute or so then it does
>> > it again. Suggestions anyone?
>> > 
>> 
>> I'd say fuel pump.  The pump can't keep up with the amount of fuel your
>> engine needs above 4000 rpm.  When you slow down a little, it gets the
>> chance to catch up a little and fill the fuel bowl full.
>> Could be a hole in the diaphragm or something like that.
>> 
>>     Ulix                                                    __/__,__      
    
>> .......................................................... (_o____o_).....
>>                                                            '67 Sprite
>along those same lines it may also be a partially restricted fuel filter 
>or even a kink in the fuel line somewheres.
>
>glen
> 
>
>
Also, the pump maybe pulling a vacumn in the gas tank due to a partially
plugged vent.

Bob Donahue, Still Stuck in the '50s          
rdonahue@holli.com          
53 MG-TD under DIY restoration
71 MGB still in shop, 11 months and counting



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