Leyland 272 Fuel starvation problem

[essexpete]

If you can get it running for now wait till the warm weather, take out the tap and drain. Then pressure wash the inside. Leave the off the cap and the tap for a decent period to allow any water to drain out. Some might say this is mad?

[Mrsmackpaul]

If you do use nuts and bolts, count them in and count them out.

I spy a 205! Mine's a 1987 XE, what's yours?

I gather your talking cars they arent mine I just stole the pic from the net to explain smart idea to count nuts and bolts


Paul

[hair bear]

If you can get it running for now wait till the warm weather, take out the tap and drain. Then pressure wash the inside. Leave the off the cap and the tap for a decent period to allow any water to drain out. Some might say this is mad?

Not at all, in fact if the tank is off when it's done you can always take it indoors to dry it out.

2 reasons for counting the bolts, if there's one or two missing they could be stuck in some more stubborn residue and signal more cleaning required or, more likely in my case, the missing bolt will be someting like a 'rare lh 5/8 countersunk whitworth' which I will spend forever looking for not realising where it went!

Yes the red car in the first pic. I'll get back in my box...

[jtsfahy]

Hi guys,

So set about cleaning the tank over the weekend. I examined the tank with a torch and it didn't seem too bad, so decided to just swill it out a couple of times with diesel. This was working well, until disaster! A hole appeared in the bottom of the tank! Obviously it had rusted on the inside. I have it sent away to be welded and will hopefully have it back before the end of the week.

[hair bear]

At least you found it now rather than later!

[hair bear]

Any news?

[Longshot]

VERY Lucky 10 gals of red on the tarmac or workshop floor would have been a bummer BTW i have a 272

[jtsfahy]

sorry bout the delay in getting back! got the tank back last weekend, and happy to report that that its working fine now!! time to move on to the next few problems, such as replacing the bushings in the steering, tightening the brakes, rewiring the ignition switch as the battery is not charging......etc, etc, etc!

[hair bear]

You'll get there. Just beware of running it with ign wires missing. If as you say it doesn't charge, it could be a stuffed alternator or down to disconnected wires. Unfortunately you can damage a good alternator by running it disconnected.

[Mrsmackpaul]

most times I have an alternator not charging the brushes are worn or the regulator is stuffed thats all both cheap and simple fixes do you know how to test an alternator ????
Because thats were I would start

Paul