CJD
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I’ve been neglecting my driving duties on the TR2 while dealing with a house renovation. I’ve been starting the car....mostly to move back and forth in the shed...every few weeks, but have not had it out where I really paid attention to gage readings, like, gas?!? Well today I opened the shed, pulled it out for a nice drive, left it running while I close the shed door, and...put, put...put........put..........put. Die.
A quick check of the fuel gage and it was bone dry. Here’s the interesting part, it had exactly 5 gallons in it when I parked it 4 months ago. So, my rough calculations are:
Burned maybe 1 gallon moving the car around.
Well, I guess that’s it. Nothing else to calculate! And “no”, it is not leaking it. There is no fuel smell in the car and no spots on the ground, plus I busted my tail last year cleaning up all the leaks.
Here’s all I can figure happened. I started the car about 5 times over 4 months. I figure the fuel in the bowls must be about a pint for each start?? So about 3/4 of a gallon evaporated from the bowl vents. But the other 3-1/4 gallons had to evaporate out of the tank vent! Granted, it has been over 100 degrees here, but WOW. The amount of time it ran before dying was about what I would expect from fuel in the line...but the tank was bone, dusty dry. I never would have figured.
Anyway, the fix is to get it out and drive it more often!
A quick check of the fuel gage and it was bone dry. Here’s the interesting part, it had exactly 5 gallons in it when I parked it 4 months ago. So, my rough calculations are:
Burned maybe 1 gallon moving the car around.
Well, I guess that’s it. Nothing else to calculate! And “no”, it is not leaking it. There is no fuel smell in the car and no spots on the ground, plus I busted my tail last year cleaning up all the leaks.
Here’s all I can figure happened. I started the car about 5 times over 4 months. I figure the fuel in the bowls must be about a pint for each start?? So about 3/4 of a gallon evaporated from the bowl vents. But the other 3-1/4 gallons had to evaporate out of the tank vent! Granted, it has been over 100 degrees here, but WOW. The amount of time it ran before dying was about what I would expect from fuel in the line...but the tank was bone, dusty dry. I never would have figured.
Anyway, the fix is to get it out and drive it more often!