tpi for an early jaguar

[Diane Stowe]

ok, my vent lines are leaking somewhere, and I suspect that the line to the
front of the car is plugged. can I vent that in some other fashion ? the
trunk does get a fuel smell from time to time, this is not  at filling time.

thanks, Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Romans, Mark" <romans at starstream.net>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: tpi for an early jaguar


> DON'T use the vent lines for return!  They barely work as vents!
> If you like driving a Molotov Cocktail go ahead.
> I had problems just keeping the vent lines on as vents on my
> 74XJ12L!
> Please figure something else out!  Like maybe pulling a set of
> factory return lines of a later MY jag.
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diane Stowe" <DianeS at speakeasy.org>
> To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 10:15 PM
> Subject: Re: tpi for an early jaguar
>
>
> > Hi, yes I have a series 1, and I am trying to figure out if I used the
> vent
> > lines on the top of the tanks for a return, if the tanks would be
properly
> > vented.
> >
> > as you probably know the jag s1 vent lines run up and down the back
trunk
> > around the side of the rear window, then meet somewhere and run up to
the
> > front charcoal canister. I'm sure mine are cracked anyway, which is why
I
> > have a moderate fuel smell in the trunk. It would be real nice to use
the
> > vent lines as return lines.
> >
> > my books seem to indicate that there is some sort of small tubing going
to
> > the area at the top of the gas tank flap, I am not sure if this is a
vent
> or
> > a runoff for the tank flap.
> >
> > thanks, Diane
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Tedscj at aol.com>
> > To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: tpi for an early jaguar
> >
> >
> > > In a message dated 12/6/00 11:56:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > > DianeS at speakeasy.org writes:
> > >
> > > > jc whitney sells a 6 port electric fuel transfer switch, which has
> > inlets
> > > >  for 2 tanks, an output, and it does the same function for fuel
return
> > so
> > > you
> > > >  would return fuel to the tank you are pumping from. It's about 60$
> > > >  thereabouts.
> > > >
> > > >  Ted, did you have to have 3 fuel pumps in your xj6 ?
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I saw the six-port valve, but I got the Jag valves for practically
> nothing
> > > from the junkyard, Otherwise I would have bought it.  The six-port
valve
> > is
> > > probably your best bet for simplicity's sake.  I used the fuel pump
> wiring
> > to
> > > activate the appropriate switches.  I ran the fuel return back to the
> > > ventlines that are accessible in the trunk (underneath the side
panels).
> > > And yes, I had to use three fuel pumps.  The original gas tanks had
> > submerged
> > > fuel pumps.  Gravity and an FI pump alone will not pull the fuel out
of
> > the
> > > tanks.  I needed to keep the original pumps to supply the FI pump.
> > > BUT, I just realized that you a Series I XJ6, don't you?  I think that
> > they
> > > use fuel tanks that are very similar to the FI XJ6s.  There is one
fuel
> > pump
> > > in the trunk that is gravity fed from very large fuel lines that come
> from
> > > the bottom of the tanks (unlike my Series II tanks.)  That would make
> your
> > > job very easy as all you need to do is replace your carb pump with an
FI
> > pump
> > > and keep your original fuel lines and switch (from the tanks to the FI
> > pump.)
> > > Does your Series I have the vapor return lines in the trunk?
> > > Ted
> >
>
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