- 1. Sputtering problem. (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Walker" <john@rmartin.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:14:56 -0700
- My 1974 MGB has recently developed a problem were if I try to accelerate to fast, or if I go up a hill, the car starts to sputter. If I back off the throttle a little, the sputtering will stop. If I
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00844.html (8,047 bytes)
- 2. Re: Sputtering problem. (score: 1)
- Author: "Dave Wood" <djw69@idt.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:30:54 -0700
- Have you checked your timing or vacuum advance. On my 72 B I noticed a lack of power and it turned out to be the vacuum hose to the distributor was plugged or collapsed. Replaced with new rubber hos
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00845.html (8,478 bytes)
- 3. Re: Sputtering problem. (score: 1)
- Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:49:23 -0600
- Fuel filter? Sounds like fuel starvation to me so the first things I would check would be: 1. fuel filter (replace) 2. float bowl - level of float
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00846.html (8,657 bytes)
- 4. Re: Sputtering problem. (score: 1)
- Author: David Deutsch <mgman@optonline.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:40:05 -0400
- Gotta go with David C on this one but don't over look possible early sign of pending pump failure or crud in fuel tank which could be obstructing pick up. Safety Fast, David Deutsch
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00847.html (7,894 bytes)
- 5. Re: Sputtering problem. (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:56:39 -0400 (EDT)
- No help on the sputtering but reading these replies created a rare thought, let me ask... how do you tell if something like sputtering is due to fuel starvation or 'temporary' flooding? Are the sympt
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00848.html (7,368 bytes)
- 6. RE: Sputtering problem. (score: 1)
- Author: "J R Overcash" <jroverca@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:24:47 -0400
- Suggest you check the fuel filter. There is probably a lot of junk in it, and some of this stuff has probably gotten into the carbs. Unless you have either a new gas tank or cleaned your existing one
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00850.html (9,528 bytes)
- 7. Re: Sputtering problem. (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:27:55 -0700
- mine reacted to debris in the past. How's your fuel filter? John A. Walker had this to say: -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00851.html (8,732 bytes)
- 8. Re: Sputtering problem. (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Conley" <swconley@foxinternet.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:56:44 -0700
- My sputtering problem turned out to be a chunk of rubber hose stuck in the fuel nozzle chamber. If all else fails, pull the carb and clean out the float bowl and take out the fuel nozzle and clean ou
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00856.html (8,923 bytes)
- 9. Re: Sputtering problem. (score: 1)
- Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:05:43 -0600
- From my experience - flooding gives symptoms like loss of power (not necessarily sputtering, just a sluggish performance), black smoke from exhaust from incomplete combustion, possible smell of gas.
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00870.html (8,025 bytes)
- 10. Re: Sputtering problem. (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:40:46 -0700
- You might want to replace the rubber fuel line, in that case. Steve Conley had this to say: -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00877.html (7,491 bytes)
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