The 'E' Type Forum

Thanks so much Steve for starting this thread, and Julian for giving me the SNGB input. This is all very interesting. It makes sense to me that, especially for one in my situation, constantly wondering how clean the fuel system is and whether (or when) it will block up again, the design entailing th...

Thanks guys, also for the interesting (if somewhat bewildering) link to the thread on filters. When I first had a blockage issue, I noticed the different filters. The Service Manual at C.14 has the gauze filter assembly (first image below), which seems identical to the current set-up but for a frisb...

Well, 681 miles since the fuel starvation scare and not the tiniest sign of a recurrence. Driving beautifully, and, on open roads, at over 20 miles per gallon. The intervention was minor, merely replacing the extra filter on the fuel line at the back near the pump. Hold thumbs. Meanwhile, the love a...

Thanks Steve!

My Hankooks have given me great service so far, including at 100 mph. Would still love a set of Michelins or Cinturatos. If I cannot get them, will fit Vredensteins.

By the way, tried to reply to a PM from John, but it is stuck in my outbox.

Went to Windsor Castle (again), and thought I could see the tail of the show as the fambly went off to the British museum (which I’d been to a few times) and the weather was still tolerable. By the time I got to Waterloo it was raining proper. Spotted a bloke in a beautiful old Plymouth and asked hi...

Ascertained there’s a classic car show in Waterloo tomorrow, but we’re in Windsor. And it seems the London motor museum has shut down. Bummer.

Dear forum members from London I am here with my family for a short stay (today until the 21st), heading to Anfield with my son on Sunday. Are there any classic car shows/exhibitions I should be aware of and would have been silly to miss (the missus has booked us up quite fully, as is her wont)? Tip...

I have an extra filter at the back close to the pump, in the spare wheel well. Not sure if I am to infer from your post that you believe the grit bits in the filter bowl are worrying, or normal residue. I drove her 9 more miles yesterday and 38 miles today with no hint of even a tiny hesitation, des...

https://i.postimg.cc/mkd4h5NZ/23-Nov-grit-in-filterbowl.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/y6fCm2cs/23-Nov-filterbowl-residue.jpg Well, after the fuel tank flush and lining, all went very, very well for a few months with not a sign of any starvation. Today, she suddenly experienced severe fuel starvation in ...

The "sand" came back again and the fuel delivery problems persisted. The fuel tank was then drained, acid bathed and epoxy lined. Yesterday I did 60 miles. Today I did 173 miles. She drives beautifully and there is no trace of hesitation in delivery, whether accelerating or coasting. A large part of...

The dried up gunk is so fine (not flakes at all), and completely unmagnetic. It certainly does not look like rust. I now have it in my custody, and want to get it analysed. If it is sand/dirt, then there is a (small and weird) possibility that it got dumped there by a fuelstation which had sand in i...

Will have to give it a skip - only going to pick her up now and must fetch kids later.

Thanks Steve

That seem like rust to you? Helluva lot, whatever it is!

Well. The following interesting picture presented itself on clearing out the fuel tank. The stuff looks like mud. Apparently it is not magnetic (but surely rust can lose its magneticism?) I have not seen it myself. This picture was taken 2 days ago, and in the meantime the stuff has dried and I am t...

The little pinprick bits at the bottom of the bowl must be the smaller particles the cousins of which are messing around the carbs. And the brownish sandy residue seems pretty harmless? 40 miles today. Fuel hesitation at top of 3rd and accelerating in 4th returning, albeit very intermittently, a bit...

Thanks, will replace the filter, and have the carb filters and float bowls checked, as well as filters at fuel tank and tank itself. Yes, it’s the stock 3 SU carb set. The last time, there was silicone caught in the banjo joint at the filter on the fuel tank side. Issue now is - what is the source o...

Opened the fuel line filter bowl and checked inside. First, the filter is the paper concertina type, not the gauze disc depicted in the manual. There was just the filter unit and a metal spring. The filter had one piece of what looked like hardened silicone on it, and the end of the spring pressing ...

Ok, Thanks Dave - will make some time tomorrow to try. Test drove her again today and she was fine except for (a) initial hesitation when engine cold (needing to go back to quarter choke as feeling fuel starved at first uphill); (b) one incident of pronounced "dieseling" on switch off (5 other switc...

Hi Dave, sorry, I posted my long ramble before I saw your post.

I have done zero breaking and entering of any description! I am unfortunately ill equipped in all respects for such endeavours.