I was on my home this afternoon when I had taken of from a set of light, I was in second with my foot to the floor when it started going POP POP POP POP POP POP from the carby, no power and I could only get up to 40km in 4 gear, I limped back to a mechanic, he won't be able to look at it till monday

So any ideas, hoping for something wrong with the carby but might be something wrong with the head.

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"When you're in it up to your ears....it pays to keep your mouth shut!"

something similar happened to me once... was a broken rocker shaft... but i imagine it could be anything in that area including broken valve spring, stuck valve?

just guesses really...

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tim
68 Deluxe 1293, HIF44, megajolt/EDIS4, daihatsu alternator..

'a mini is for life, not just for christmas!'

that happened to me once.. and it was foam from the air filter that had fallen into pieces and into teh carbie... oops.

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yepp definatly air filter, run it with out a filter and see how it goes exact same thing happened to me. soo easy to give a try and could save u soo much money and time.

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Sounds like when my car blew a head gasket... If it runs normally for a few seconds after startup then goes back to that state, it probably is.

what type of carby is it weber, su, etc?

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could be a number of things...did it sound like a VW if so head gasket gone. or it could be as simple as the fuel filter

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

Hi thanks for your replies,
sounded like a VW
it's a 998 with a single 1.5 SU,

how much will a new head gasket cost?
ATM I have a crappy head 12A1456 Should I look at getting a 202 or 295?

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"When you're in it up to your ears....it pays to keep your mouth shut!"

something similar happened to me once - was the distributor it sliped around and threw the timing out -took FOREVER to figure out

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Lost compression in No.3 + 4 cylinders, I decided to replace the entire head with a 12G202 head, now when I'm ready to do some work on my block i'll have the right head to start with.
thanks to mini spares in padstow

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"When you're in it up to your ears....it pays to keep your mouth shut!"

similar thing happened to me due to over ajusted rocker gear,

snaped an exhaust push rod on cyl 2, identified the problem on the side of the road disconnected the lead and drove home to fix it on 3 cylinders. struggled to reach 60 in forth.