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[Healeys] "Engine making a weird noise"

Subject: [Healeys] "Engine making a weird noise"
From: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell)
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:06:02 -0700
References: <000001d2b23a$c4e3dac0$4eab9040$@homecall.co.uk>
I helped a friend jumpstart her Toyota (Corolla, I think; maybe a 
Camry--who cares ;).   A jump started the car immediately, but it barely 
ran; couldn't even light the dash gauges.  The alternator was shot; 
ergo, could be the dynamo on your nephew's car.

Bob


On 4/10/2017 1:41 PM, Simon Lachlan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Advice from the experts required please:-
>
> (No just the experts. We can all have a go.
>
> So, I got this, below, from my nephew just now:-
>
> QUOTE:-
>
> Hi Uncle Simon!
> ?????. I went to work with the healey on Saturday. All went well in 
> the morning but on the way back the engine stopped just after the 
> gate... And it would not start: as if the battery was flat: not much 
> happening when trying to start it! I spent 30 min checking the 
> distributor, wires, etc. all seemed normal.
> I called the assistance. They came with a battery booster which got 
> the car started immediately. After 15min of driving I found myself in 
> a traffic jam. The car kept on wanting to stop. I tried keeping the 
> revs up but it did not work well: the engine was making a weird noise, 
> the car had very little power and the revs did not want to go high: 
> 4500 maximum. I don't see what that engine problem has got to do with 
> the battery?
> And I can't explain how the new battery can be flat!?
> The engine stopped in front of my garage. It would not start. I pushed 
> the car in it. And left. I was a bit fed up with it so did not go 
> back. I might do in a few days...
> Any ideas about the problem!?
> PH
>
> UNQUOTE
>
> Well, the battery may be new, but I suspect it?s used quite frequently 
> and doesn?t get time to get charged.
>
> Main problem is the lack of power and other related issues. Car is a 
> BJ8 with a very recently fitted Pertronix EI and coil.
>
> I?m thinking coil or coil connections or timing. The car?s in a 
> basement in Paris; I?m in Devon, UK which makes life tricky.
>
> Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
>
> Simon
>
>
>
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