Posted by Oscar
on 4/21/2009, 10:04 pm, in reply to "Re: a long shot but one thing to check..."
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I also had a similar problem a few years ago. I ended up opening the top of the fuel tank and removed the sending unit and looked inside the tank and saw a piece of round paper gasket that may have come off the top of a dry gas bottle. It was covering the hole that leads to the fuel line.
--Previous Message--
: I had a similar problem with the Spitty
: back in in73 when a rubber fuel line
: was coming apart internally. It would
: run fine everywhere until I jumped on
: the freeway where it would suck up a
: little piece of black rubber and
: restrict the jet.
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: I got really good at dropping the fuel
: bowl before I finally found where the
: bits were coming from
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: It's possibly drawing some air but not
: enough to let the pump work properly
: for any duration. This would be most
: likely if you have the stock fuel pump
: fitted.
: Like I said, this is a long shot, but
: it's not unknown to be the source of
: similar problems, and is easy enough to
: check & rule out before you start
: chasing your tail .
: Some of the later cars with EEC systems
: can also cause problems with venting
: (carb & fuel tank), but your early
: car shouldn't have any of that gear.
: Glen
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: I'll check it thanks. 2 thoughts make
: me
: think it may be something else. 1- it
: just started after using my car as a
: daily commuter since the fall of 08. 2-
: The car restarts if I am in a coasting
: stall on the highway and restart, the
: power is fine for the next duration of
: my commute of another 10 mins. or so.
: Is there a way for the vacuum to
: instantly release when the engines
: stops?
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: --Previous Message--
: Many things could cause this but one of
: the first things I check with these
: symptoms is to make sure that the fuel
: tank is venting properly. A simple way
: to check is to drive until it starts to
: crap out, and then quickly pop open the
: fuel cap. If you hear a swishing sound,
: and it restarts & runs properly for
: awhile, it is not venting & is
: building up a vacuum as fuel is burned
: off, increasing the load on the fuel
: pump.
: HTH
: Glen
:
: --Previous Message--
: I have a puzzling issue with my GT6
: Mk1.
: Car starts fine, runs with good power
: until about 10-15 mins of fast highway
: driving. The engine then loses power
: and running at a top speed of around 60
: mph. In neutral, if I take my foot off
: the accelator the car stalls. It is
: easy to restart and then runs perfectly
: for the rest of the trip. Any
: thoughts? I changed the fuel filter
: thinking "ping pong ball"
: problem- no luck.
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