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Re: [Healeys] back-firing BN2

To: "kaynmike.bham@juno.com" <kaynmike.bham@juno.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] back-firing BN2
From: David Nock <healeydoc@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:54:06 -0700
Check the amount of fuel you are getting to the carbs.  If you are  
spitting out the carbs you have a lean mixture. Pull the choke out  
and see if the problem goes away. Also check your float levels.




David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Jun 24, 2010, at 4:40 AM, kaynmike.bham@juno.com wrote:

> A little snapping once in awhile. Then I put the car away Sunday  
> night, go out
> Tuesday afternoon to go get a six pack. (Of Coke, of course.)Hit  
> the button
> and, as ever, it fires right up and idles pretty fine. A little  
> flat spot here
> and there at idle. Oil pressure is great, so I rev it up a bit- 
> we're still in
> the open-doored garage-and it backfires "POW!" I back off for a  
> couple of
> seconds and give it a little kick and "POP, pop Poppity pop POW  
> snap, snap,
> POW!. I drop it back to idle and still quite smooth, save for a  
> tiny hiccup
> every few seconds. I figure lets get it out of the yard and onto the
> residential street in front of my house. I could barely make it up  
> the little
> hill that's part of this little circuit.   Any ideas?    Mike Gougeon
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