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1. dieseling???? (score: 1)
Author: MYLDN@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 14:46:41 EDT
why would the car be dieseling [running on ] after the ignition is off? or carb adjustment? thanks, Sean Muldoon 58 MGA 73 MGB both roadsters
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01474.html (6,941 bytes)

2. Re: dieseling???? (score: 1)
Author: Matthew J Grygar <grygar@utdallas.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 14:42:32 -0500 (CDT)
My 1970 B does that as well, but only when the engine is hot. Here in Dallas, the temperature has been staying rather warm and the car generally drives with the thermostat half way between the "n" an
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01480.html (7,604 bytes)

3. Re: dieseling???? (score: 1)
Author: john peloquin <peloquin@galaxy.ucr.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 13:29:38 -0700 (PDT)
Hey Matthew, Go down to Kragen auto or Pep Boys or Cheap Auto and buy an auxillary cooling fan that fits your radiator and put it it. ~60 bux or less and it worked ok for me. If you have an LBC and w
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01482.html (8,384 bytes)

4. Re: dieseling???? (score: 1)
Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 21:51:11 -0700
Very common 'B' series problem, more so on the MGB. Usually means there is hot carbon embers in the combustion chamber...a de-coke perhaps. Poor quality fuel can be the culprit, ( no detergent.) The
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01483.html (7,462 bytes)

5. Re: dieseling???? (score: 1)
Author: Graham McCann <gmccann@pcug.org.au>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 08:20:02 +1000
It is caused by two factors. The first is having the idling set too high and the second is the rough surface in the combustion chamber. Hot spots develop and, because the throttle is not sufficiently
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01489.html (7,537 bytes)

6. Re: dieseling???? (score: 1)
Author: ninab@scoresheet.com (Nina Barton)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:37:04 -0700
Hi John and Matthew, I've had one of those auxillary cooling fans on my 70 BGT for about 10 years now, and I must say that I'm not that impressed. Car still runs between normal and hot on hot days, a
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01490.html (8,412 bytes)

7. Re: dieseling???? (score: 1)
Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:32:13 -0500
Extra cooling fans for sooth! Why not have the radiator rodded out, put in a 160 degree thermostat and drive the thing? That's what I did and I was driving my B in 103 degree weather here in the SanT
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01496.html (7,100 bytes)

8. Re: dieseling???? (score: 1)
Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 21:01:01 -0500
I'm with you Nina, I drove a '70 B roadster qith a 1/2" thicker core than stock all over the west TX desert and the southern NM mountains in the summer for 6 years without any overheating probs. My a
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01503.html (8,872 bytes)

9. Re: dieseling???? (score: 1)
Author: john peloquin <peloquin@galaxy.ucr.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 07:13:24 -0700 (PDT)
I agree with you that the heavy duty radiator is the best (but more expensive) solution. "Never Ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance." John J. Peloquin Entomology, University o
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01525.html (7,173 bytes)


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