Dannyb Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Yesterday in Spit 1500 I was held up for about 35 mins in heavy traffic. Temp gauge never went above normal but when I eventually started to move the car ran like a pig. I suspect the under bonnet electric pump had got too hot. I also fitted another pump in the boot for back up, so switched over to that one via swith on dash and instantly started running normally. I think this is one of the mods that payed off. Danny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Do you have the standard SU carbs? Is there a heatshield fitted - before I fitted a nice shiny heatshield I used to get issues when it was hot. Old Blog Post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topic63 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 42 minutes ago, Dannyb said: Yesterday in Spit 1500 I was held up for about 35 mins in heavy traffic. Temp gauge never went above normal but when I eventually started to move the car ran like a pig. I suspect the under bonnet electric pump had got too hot. I also fitted another pump in the boot for back up, so switched over to that one via swith on dash and instantly started running normally. I think this is one of the mods that payed off. Danny Interesting, I like forward thinking. Good move 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 45 minutes ago, yorkshire_spam said: Do you have the standard SU carbs? Is there a heatshield fitted - before I fitted a nice shiny heatshield I used to get issues when it was hot. Old Blog Post Yeah double skinned heat shield with heat wrap around downpipes and all pipework around top of bulkhead to the standard SU's. Never had this before but I can't remember a hot day like yesterday stuck in traffic. Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Dannyb said: under bonnet electric pump I had quite a few problems with the under-bonnet electric pump on my Vitesse, so I changed it back to a glass-bowl mechanical one and have had no issues since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Dannyb said: Yeah double skinned heat shield with heat wrap around downpipes and all pipework around top of bulkhead to the standard SU's. Never had this before but I can't remember a hot day like yesterday stuck in traffic. Danny Sorry @Dannyb, just realised how dumb my comment was - you clearly had a fuel pump related issue - not carbs! Really need to switch my brain on sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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