Three days, six hours and twenty-five minutes.

That's it.

That's all I got.

Suppose it could have been less.
Would have liked it to be a bit longer.

At least I haven't been able to stop laughing all night,
And now it looks as though I have something to do this weekend.

I guess when I bought a mini, I bought everything that went with it. Including every
chance in the world it would happen, and happen frequently if the car is not maintained.

By now some of you are thinking, "holy crap, he's wrecked his car!", well, don't worry, mini-98 is fine. We'll go back to the start for a second.
Three days, six hours and twenty-five minutes before five to eight tonight was when I got my car registered. Didn't take long, I was surprised. I think the guy wanted to have his lunch straight after. He didn't check anything on my car except the body and engine number. Nothing else. No lights, running engine, or even the horn (which doesn't work anyway). Found out some interesting information at the same time as well. My car is a 61 model according to vicroads, and its engine is apparently in four other cars.

So, I'm home shortly after, and off to work. I'm not home till dark, and wasn't going for a night drive over the next couple of nights.
Till tonight. The parents went out, and my sister wanted KFC of something for tea, and wanted to go in the mini as she'd only been in it for 5 minutes prevoiusly.
I didn't really want to go anywhere. I would have been happy with pizza. In the end I figure what the hell, I hadn't driven the car since Monday, so out we'll go.

Two minutes down the road, as I shift into third, the car dies (literally five seconds after my sister says "Will this car need a new engine"). First I thought the clutch had gone, because the engine was still revving despite the fact I was slowing down.
Then the engine cut out. I tried to restart on the go, but it wouldn't fire.
So, am stopped in the right hand lane trying to start the car. It was keen not to do so, and after thirty something cars beeping me to get out the way, some kind person finally helped me push the car onto the median strip (thanks mate), before continuing on his way.

Ten minutes under the bonnet, boot and behind the wheel proved the car wasn't going anywhere tonight. I can smell petrol around the car, and the fuel pump sounds like it's about to fall off the car. I give dad a call, tell him to drag me home, and I have to wait for half an hour, with the back of my car having no hazards, and being eighteen inches from the road, which in my cast was the local speedway. Four hundred meters of flat, newly constructed road till the next set of lights. No shortage of P platers in their commodores doing about one-twenty in the eighty zone, I can tell you.

The car is towed home at a steady 2 kay per hour, where it sits in the carport now.

Now I have a problem to fix. It's definetly in the fuel system, that's for sure.
If I'm lucky, and I'm an idiot, the car's out of fuel. The fuel gauge and odomeder don't work, so I can't keep track of how far or how much fuel I'm usuing. The car was filled last week, and took a whopping eleven litres. The car has travelled bugger all since.
I'll have to check the line for leaks, to confirm what I smelt, and check the pump and mounting system are okay.

So that's my first break down thing. Just three days after a rego.
I'm truly a mini owner now.

Driveshaft + No fuel?

If it was revving while going nowhere.
Then you tried driving but it used up all the fuel and now theres no fuel to start it again.

Check driveshafts.
Check fuel.
Check spark.

Act/pretend like you know what you are doing if mum/dad/sis walks past - always works for me

if anything starts to go wrong, always pull over first.
wouldnt wanna get cleaned up by some retard p plater commodore.
sounds like fuel system

what pump have you got? SU, solid state, or mechanical? is petrol going to the carb?

3 days is ok, I have been struggling for a year and 2 months now to get a week's reliable driving.

My money's on the fuel pump, easily checked and fixed (I've done that job on the side of a road with nothing more than a screwdriver , shifter and sidecutters )
I'd check your entire fuel line while you're at it, chances are it's still the original

Also check the engine oil for the presence of fuel as some times if your pump shits its self it will pump fuel into the sump instead of to the carby.
Pete

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How does it get into the sump without going through the carby?
The fuel pump is electric. I'll give the line a good going over, I've already noticed there are about 3 different size lines between the tank and pump.

You got that right!

Does it turn over? Got spark?

It's fuel definetly. The car turns over, but nothing else.

How far should I get out of a tank, with a standard 1100?

This can happen with mechanical pumps but not electric ones.

I get about 250km on 17 litres and that is highway and city driving with a warm 1100.
Pete

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A recent study found the average Aussie walks about 900 miles a year
Another study found Aussies drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year
That means, on average, Australians get about 41 miles per gallon

Kind of makes you proud to be an AUSSIE

Pops is dead stock 1100 and I really dont get a huge mileage from a tank. I was surprised!

I've got about a 100 ks out of a full tank, if it's empty.
A full tank is about 25 litres, isn't it?

sorry lets back up again.. in the begining the simptoms were engine still reving but no forward drive????? how can this be fuel related??? only time this has happened top me was flogging a morris freeway and the driveshaft snapped and fell out the back..
chasing fuel probs might only be a small part of the big picture sorry to say, could be anything between the clutch and wheel

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Sorry, that was phrased wrong.
The engine wasn't free revving, just idling very slow. I think it was using the last of the fuel it had access to. When the accelerator went down, there was no more fuel, and stalled. It started for about 2 seconds later, but stalled again. It's a fuel issue. If it was a driveshaft, I would have heard something either when it happened, or while towing it back.

hows the fuel filter and if it ait got one tap the top of the fuel bowl with the plastic handle of a screw driver you might have some crud in there
oop's sorry did i say something intelligent i'm sorry i'll try to keep my comments to myself infuture due to my high post count
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