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[Mgs] too rich or too lean?

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Subject: [Mgs] too rich or too lean?
From: Aaron Whiteman <awhitema@panix.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:02:59 -0700
Or just bad gas?

As I wrote yesterday, I drove to the airport in the MG.  Before I left
town, I filled the tank.  The car would spit at cruise occasionally,
worse at 55-60.  At 65, it ran perfectly, so I just went a little over
the speed limit for the 70 mile trip.

Just a quick flight to Seattle, watch the Sounders beat Dallas, and
return the same night (almost missed the return flight, but that's
irrelevant).

Anyway, when I got back to Spokane at midnight, it was 350 and
frosty.  The spitting issue was much worse coming home.  Essentially,
after a half-mile of steady speed cruising, she would start this pop-
pop-pop shutter.  If I were climbing a hill, or accelerating
moderately, no problems.  I've recently set the timing and set the
carbs.

The archives have one similar account, from 1999:
http://www.team.net/mharc/archives/html/mgs/1999-01/msg01134.html

Unfortunately, in my tired state, I was concentrating so hard on the
road in front of me, I didn't think of using the choke to see if the
problem eases.

So, this sort of thing... is it normally from too much gas or not
enough?

--
Aaron Whiteman

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