Rallymantony
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Hello peoples, hope you're all enjoying this very fine weather.
Not been on here for a week or so due to actually having some work
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Booked the P38 in for it's MOT on Wednesday so thought I would pop to the workshop for a couple of hours today to do some bits... She's not been started for a few weeks due to working away but fired straight up, champion! Left her running for a few minutes, jumped in to have a quick drive around the compound and spluttered and cut out, felt like fuel starvation..... Run the battery flat trying to start her so had to go and get the jumper, jumper connected and she eventually barked up. Left her to get to temp and all good, then ran her around the whole industrial estate (Closed secure compound off road) and drove brilliantly and accelerated with no issues, pulled up out side my workshop and again spluttered and died! Had a quick look and noticed air in the clear pipe after the filter, now I have just changed the filter and yes it was a Britpart one but I've never had issues with Britpart, lightly greased the rubber O ring so I'm fairly confident that that's not the problem. Researched on here and spill pipes seems to be the number 1 problem so will replace them tomorrow, however, most of the issues that people have had are fuel run back so air in the pipe and cold starting, mine is that it cut out while running both when cold and hot. Am I right to assume that there is a lift pump somewhere? And if I am right (unusual I know), could this be failing and causing the issue? Any word of wisdom?
As always, many thanks in advance...
Not been on here for a week or so due to actually having some work
. Booked the P38 in for it's MOT on Wednesday so thought I would pop to the workshop for a couple of hours today to do some bits... She's not been started for a few weeks due to working away but fired straight up, champion! Left her running for a few minutes, jumped in to have a quick drive around the compound and spluttered and cut out, felt like fuel starvation..... Run the battery flat trying to start her so had to go and get the jumper, jumper connected and she eventually barked up. Left her to get to temp and all good, then ran her around the whole industrial estate (Closed secure compound off road) and drove brilliantly and accelerated with no issues, pulled up out side my workshop and again spluttered and died! Had a quick look and noticed air in the clear pipe after the filter, now I have just changed the filter and yes it was a Britpart one but I've never had issues with Britpart, lightly greased the rubber O ring so I'm fairly confident that that's not the problem. Researched on here and spill pipes seems to be the number 1 problem so will replace them tomorrow, however, most of the issues that people have had are fuel run back so air in the pipe and cold starting, mine is that it cut out while running both when cold and hot. Am I right to assume that there is a lift pump somewhere? And if I am right (unusual I know), could this be failing and causing the issue? Any word of wisdom?
As always, many thanks in advance...
