[TR] TR3A fuel evaporation

[Joe Curry]

Sounds like a classic case of Vapor Lock.  There are several ways to
approach a solution.  One is a heat shield you suggest.  I believe Joe
Alexander has them for sale.

I have copied him on this message.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
KingsCreekTrees at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 7:54 AM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] TR3A fuel evaporation

Hi all;
 
I went for a drive yesterday with ambient temperature of about 26 degrees  
C. Not sure what that is in those quaint American degrees, but I'd guess at

about 78 or 80 of them. Steady country driving at about 50-55mph, then 
parked  it. The gauge was dead on the 'normal' position when I switched off.
I 
could see  the temp gauge climbing, as normal, while parked and I then 
started the car  after maybe 15 minutes. I could only drive about a hundred 
metres, with the  engine running very roughly and with no power or speed,
until it 
died completely  and would not restart. I left it on the side of the road 
for a few hours,  knowing that it was 'just resting'. I came back 6 hours 
later. It started first  time and drove perfectly. I'm sure it's fuel 
evaporation from the increased  engine temperature while parked; it's
happenned 
before but this time I've  decided to try and do something about it.
 
Everything SU-related seems to be as it should; no fuel leaks and it  
doesn't happen in cooler ambient temperatures. Has anyone experienced this
and 
has anyone tried to fabricate any form of heat shield?
 
Tim
 
Tim Dyer,  Proprietor
Kings Creek Trees and Ornamentals
427 Kings Creek Road,  RR3
Ashton, Ontario, K0A 1B0, Canada 
Phone/fax: 613 253 4126 Website: _www.kingscreektrees.com_ 
(http://www.kingscreektrees.com/) 

Proud  member of Landscape Ontario (the Ontario association of Horticulture 
Industry  professionals), the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association and 
Christmas Tree  Farmers of Ontario
This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register
http://www.vtr.org


Triumphs at autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/triumphs


http://www.team.net/archive