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Re: [TR] Apparent vapor lock

To: DLylis@aol.com
Subject: Re: [TR] Apparent vapor lock
From: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:02:28 +0000 (UTC)
B 
<Today I "fluttered" the gas pedal and increased RPMs and it cleared up
butB B 

<returned soon after I drove with a steady position on the pedal. B This
B tells
<me that it is being fed too much fuel (?), and to be honest, behaves like
B it
<is only one carb.
B 
<I had a similar experience once with my 6 and it was because there were B 
<Grosse float valves with the little ball. B I replaced then with OEM style
B and it
<went away.B B 



Hi, David.



Am beginning to wonder if you mightn't have a bit of crud such as a piece of
broken rubber hose that intermittently jams the float valve.



Terry Smith, '59 TR3A

New Hampshire
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