[T3] 1966 Type 3 Squareback

[Mara Johnson]

Hi,

What is CR?  I put in highest octane 91...is that your question?

Thanks, Mara

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

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> sounds like vapor lock, the domed piston cars will do that on today's gas,
> your not running too high a CR in that engine are you?
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> The crate would do that every time till I switched to the flat tops.
>
> Keith
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> Hi, I am at my wit's end.  I can't figure out why my car will start after
> sitting in the driveway, but after driving either around town or on
> freeway, when I stop the engine, it won't start again.
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> It turns over more and more slowly without firing up until it won't turn
> over at all.
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> Last night I took the sqbk out, same problem.  Called tow truck, when it
> came about 40 min later, I tried it once more and it started.
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> Not overheating.  New fuel pump.  Newly rebuilt engine.
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> I have never had this problem before, drove my last rebuilt engine 30
> years.
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> Please help if you have had this sort of problem.
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> Mara
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