I'm hoping one of the gurus on the List will be able to steer me in the
right direction on this problem. One of my LBCs (this one happens to be an
original '70 one-carb Mini, not a Spridget) has a problem with the engine
dying whenever I take my foot off the accelerator. It idles fine, runs fine
without loss of power at speed in all 4 gears, and doesn't miss, either
while idling or at speed. But if I rev it up when it's idling, then take my
foot off the accelerator, the engine dies out. If I rev it up, then very,
very slowly let the RPMs decrease, it's not as likely to die out. The
electric fuel pump is working fine, as I can hear it click intermittently,
and with the gas line removed from the carb, there's good flow of fuel. Is
my problem an air leak somewhere, and if so, why does the car idle like it's
supposed to before I rev it up?
TIA,
Bob
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