Hi Bruce, Sorry to hear about your problems with your GTV. You will get lots of better tips on troubleshooting than mine, but you might want to:
1. Listen to the pitch of the fuel pump. You probably have a lot of experience in the sounds it makes, so you want to see if there are any changes in the pitch. This will help you isolate the problem. 2. Check both fuel filters, but especially the rear one. You can get stuff, flakes from the inside of the tank for example, clogging the tank filter intermittently. This could be why it starts but does not run under load. Take the filter off and tap it to see if stuff falls out from the input side of the filter, and of course, simple blow through it to make sure it is not clogging. 3. Check all the fittings on the hard lines and the flex lines. You could have a small leak somewhere along the lines. 4. You can remove the return line from the SPICA, put it in a container, disconnect the coil, and then turn on the ignition. By timing the flow and measuring the gas that goes into the container you can check to make sure the SPICA is getting the correct pressure. 5. It is possible that the check valve on the main filter is clogged or stuck shut. This has never happened to me, so I am not sure how to troubleshoot or fix it, but like #4 you can take the line off the return side of the main filter, disconnect the coil, turn on the ignition and see if gas is returning back to the tank. Good luck and let us know how it turns out. Regards, Pete 1972 Berlina 1969 GTV 1988 Spider -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
