hey guys having some problems with my clubbie. standard 998 with just a lumpy cam and exhaust system no mods.
went for a cruise to coogee on friday night and when i went to leave coogee it wouldn't start! lately on start up, car blows out a little smoke and for about the first 5 minutes of driving splutters badly and then clears after that??

Friday night i turned the key, starter turned and car attempted to start and just cuoghed a little and then nothing.... after about 3 or 4 minutes of continually trying to start choke all the way out the car JUST turned over had to pump the accelerator like mad just to keep the motor from dying.... SMOKE POURING OUT THE BACK as i got the revs up took of up the street with smoke bellowing

rest of the drive home if i pulled up at a set of lights it would sputter on take off............. something is not right i'm not a mechanicly minded person but this is strange.... any ideas would be helpfull.

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The BLUE BRIK

black or blue smoke?

where were u at coogee on friday nite? me and monster mini were there aswell.

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

just puffs of black smoke, i parked half way up the hill on the main drag

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The BLUE BRIK

lol chop chop had the same problem in alice about a yr ago when we went to the drive ins. he's plugs got fouled up something back and i think all we did to stop the problem was tap the top of the float bowl of the carbie and cleaned his plugs out. sounds like the engines flooding.

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

i have the same feeling... too much fuel! i thinks its time to drop it over to greig at Mini classic for a looks... could possibly be the fuel needle.... is there a possibility the choke may be fouling?

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The BLUE BRIK

well it could be the choke is stuck on like pearl has been like that lately. but urs seems really bad, i would probably tap the top of the float bowl and clean the sparks plugs first to identify the problem.

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

stupid question HOW do you clean the spark plugs?

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The BLUE BRIK

take them out, if u have some carby cleaner it helps and some sand paper really. just a little though dont scrub to much.

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

ok cool will try that.

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The BLUE BRIK

Clean your spark plugs with some wet and dry (without the wet ). You don't want anything too coarse.

While you're at it, you might as well do the other end too, ie contacts and rotor button inside the dizzy.

wet and dry.... thats what i meant, i forget the name

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

I heat em up with the oxy until the insulator just goes red.
Voila, all the crud in there just vapourises away.
Trust me they then work good as new.

Never wire brush them, you are putting metal particles on the insulator- adds to your problems.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Go for a hard drive in the hills [/quote]

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.