Pulled the fuel line going into the the carb (ZS by
the way). Turn the key and gas pumps out. Pulled a
spark plug and turned the key, spark looks fine.
Pulled the top of the carb and changed that rubber
diaphram as it caused me problems before, no change.
The mechanic said the autochoke was loose and he just
tightened it up. The car ran fine twice after I got
it from him. The third time I could not get it to
start.
Thoughts on what I should do next...just a shadetree
mechanic so I will quickly run short on expertise, but
can follow direction pretty well.
Tom
77B
--- Tom McLaughlin <tmcl98@yahoo.com> wrote:
> All,
> Because of a newborn in June, I've put woefully few
> miles on my B this driving season. Now it won't
> start.
>
> Here are the symptoms. Started and ran fine the 30
> or
> so times I've driven it this year. Had some time so
> I
> finally dropped it off at my MG mechanic to have the
> gasket between the exhaust manifold and the cat
> converter replaced (tired of sucking fumes). I
> didn't
> want to deal with getting the rusted bolts off and
> risk breaking the studs, which the mechanic promptly
> did. He said that the autochoke was loose and
> leaking
> a bit of fuel so he tightened that back up as well.
>
> Car ran fine the two times I drove it after that.
> Third time out and now it won't start. Cranks fine.
>
> I haven't checked anything yet as I have a question.
>
> When I turn the key to on, I hear the fuel pump
> clicking and it just keeps on clicking like the
> pressure never builds up. I have not pulled the
> fuel
> filter to see if the pump is pumping yet.
>
> Next symptom is that I see a bit of gas under the
> tank. I've seen this before, but I thought it was
> just a pinhole leak somewhere on the top of the
> tank.
> I only see the gas if I fill the tank all the way
> up.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Could the seal around the pump be bad?
> Could the pump be bad? (even though I hear the
> clicking)
>
> I'll take the normal troubleshooting steps, but
> wanted
> to ping the list to get advice as always.
>
> Tom
> 77B
>
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