As stated i need to put fuel back into the tank. Now, is it possible to use the little breather hose connection at the top of the tank, coupled with a vented cap?!? I'm sure my cap isn't sealed any way

If a no go, what else could i consider

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Carl
Previous Owner & Driver of 1 Morris "It's not a Cooper!!" 850

hmm rover efi fuel tank?

ask Mr Rover O'Malley... he know what's what..

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Efi tank, ay...

Is this the only way? One issue, I don't want a bigger tank, a few 'restrictions' (amps) in my boot

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Carl
Previous Owner & Driver of 1 Morris "It's not a Cooper!!" 850

or simply whack a fitting into the tank sender plate like i did. easy-peasy

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

what sort of carby, i wont to do it with a webber regulate the pressure by a screw clamp that will crush the return line and bloke it off,

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Sounds easy enough.. Any info there would be great mini man. Was it just a brass fitting tapped in

Buztoy, I am going to use a solenoid to open a return line when off throttle. Basically, the SU is flooding at idle, so am going to reduce it to 1-1.5psi, operated by a small switch on the accelerator pedal.
I won't be 'crushing' any lines though. A 'T' piece with a reducer on the return line should do the trick!

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Carl
Previous Owner & Driver of 1 Morris "It's not a Cooper!!" 850

Sox, if your SU is flooding at idle then there is most likely a problem with the float valve (needle & seat) Nothing wrong with feeding just about any carby with approx 3.5lbs of pressure & shouldn`t cause a flooding problem at all. maybe replace the needle & seat assy & re-set the float level & see what happens before you play around with return lines etc

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

The carb is basically new. Needle and seat etc. are all brand new.
Have had the car at tuners getting everything set, with mention of the flooding problem. He tried a few things to no avail, hence the return line with low pressure on idle...

Sooo, how did u do it??

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Carl
Previous Owner & Driver of 1 Morris "It's not a Cooper!!" 850

being new doesn't mean it's any good, and being at the tuners doesn't mean he's any good.... if it's a HS carb, it's really simple to check, just take the lid off the float bowl and blow through it with your finger lifting up the float, if you can't seal it, it's no good

I was gonna suggest a float problem yesterday, but I thought maybe the blower had something to do with it... no idea what... but still

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

HIF44 yea?
he better be good

^^^ yeah, its a HIF38

I'm a bit of an SU noob so don't know exactly how they go together yet.. It's out of the car at the moment so probably a good time to check it.

From what the tuner said, 99% of the time he can sort the things out, but a few times before he has had to use this as a solution...
Also, the car runs fine, only has trouble when idling for long periods.

Does anyone think this 'low pressure at idle' system would solve my problem?

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Carl
Previous Owner & Driver of 1 Morris "It's not a Cooper!!" 850

i would check the fuel pressure and if its high i would fit a pressure regulator
no need for a return line exept you run a high pressure EFI pump

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Rover 214 atm ....

do you have the part number for the solinoid, it does sound better than crushing the line , it was only a temporary measure.

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Carl, I don't know if this is any help to you, or for me for that matter, but my HIF44 is soft mounted. It can be levered up and down slightly by hand and doesn't leak. It was a measure to fix a probably with my jet, which was fixed by changing the type of jet, but I kept the soft mounting, just in case.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T