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| Author: | TokenRednut [ Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:37 pm ] |
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Driving home from work today, Lost power, couldn't do more then about 40k's and it sounds like the car is backfiring through the carby at revs. It did something similar a few weeks back, and i don't know what i did to fix it tbh... i just took all the leads off and found the choke jammed on, and the accelerator cable real tight (I had played with the mounting for the springs though) but this time there all sweet, and I'm at a total loss. It did drive into work fine this morning, nothing strange no strange noises... The internetz is suggesting blown head gasket? but Im hoping someone could shed a little more light... Cheers Token |
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| Author: | Tombo [ Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:01 pm ] |
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Could be the head, mine has popped and had really low power with a blown head, a compression test would be a good idea. Tombo.. |
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| Author: | 1275LS [ Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:08 pm ] |
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Obvious question but did you pull the spark leads again and put them on in the wrong order (hard to imagine doing that if the car drove fine this morning). Switching two leads will do this to your car. |
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| Author: | WiLo [ Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:09 pm ] |
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Have you checked timing? Or condition of the plugs? |
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| Author: | GT mowog [ Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:20 pm ] |
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Adjust your points. |
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| Author: | Drewie [ Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:20 pm ] |
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Crack or tracking inside the distributer cap... |
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| Author: | ryan [ Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:22 pm ] |
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Check a few things - Check the leads are in the right order. - Check the dizzy isn't loose. - Check that all cylinders have spark. - Check all the spark plugs. |
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| Author: | Hanra [ Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:39 pm ] |
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GT mowog wrote: Adjust your points.
+1 |
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| Author: | Bubbacluby [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:05 am ] |
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Something like this happened to me once, ending up being the dizzy turned around a bit. Took forever to find it. Just happened all of a sudden So check timing |
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| Author: | AEG163job [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:15 am ] |
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change your mechanic
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| Author: | simon k [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:18 pm ] |
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something like that happened on Dad's car a while ago, he rang and said "it's running funny", I said "your distributor has come loose, go and put it back where it was and tighten up the bolt". He went and looked at the dizzy, sure enough... |
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| Author: | IwannaMini [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:45 pm ] |
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I had this on my old Mini and it was the head gasket. I'm just saying.......... |
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| Author: | moemoke [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:33 pm ] |
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Could also be sticky neddle and seat in the carby float bowl |
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