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1. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 15:25:10 +0100; Whilst the air pump etc. *did* result in poorer performance the charcoal canister and its plumbing won't affect performance at all if it is in good order, and there is no good reason to remove it. In; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00010.html (7,434 bytes)
2. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 11:04:34 -0700 (PDT); Poorer performance with the air pump? I've always heard that the air pump was neutral, or might have actually bumped up horsepower by a tiny amount. But I've never heard that it resulted in *poorer*; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00016.html (7,813 bytes)
3. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>; Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:23:06 -0600; Some power is required to pump air into the exhaust system. There is nothing in the exhaust that would be able to create additional power from the air, so there can be now power benefit from it.; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00017.html (7,493 bytes)
4. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>; Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:27:02 -0600; "No" benefit rather.; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00018.html (7,630 bytes)
5. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 13:04:35 -0700 (PDT); It helps scavenge exhaust from the cylinders and purges the exhaust stream of unburnt hydrocarbons while cooling the exhaust flow at the same time, so they say. :-) David Breneman david_breneman@yaho; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00022.html (7,651 bytes)
6. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>; Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 16:14:02 -0600; But that isn't going to provide any extra power benefit I don't think. And the pump is going to take from it.; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00026.html (7,817 bytes)
7. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: "oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 19:41:24 -0500; running the pump takes horsepower from the engine. and, if you read enough of these posts, you'll learn that with the newer gas you can still pass your emissions test without it. you just won't be po; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00031.html (8,179 bytes)
8. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 18:39:10 -0700 (PDT); Well, neither of us is an expert on thermodynamics, so it seems like we're both quoting "received wisdom" as we've encountered it in the past. I'll just close by saying that the assertion that an air; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00033.html (7,864 bytes)
9. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 08:50:32 -0400; John Twist wrote an article some years ago, in either MGB Driver or the AMGB magazine, in which he related his testing of power output both with and w/o the air pump, on one car. His conclusion was t; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00041.html (8,048 bytes)
10. trying a new method (score: 1): Author: "1971MGB" <1971mgb@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:55:24 -0400; Today I was playing around with the 71 "B" and unconsciously got it to run better, go figure. Here is what I did, I removed the charcoal filter and hoses, I have a vented valve cover and un-vented oi; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00441.html (7,107 bytes)
11. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:59:28 -0400; The charcoal cannister filters the air that passes into the vented valve cover, then through the engine, out the side covers and back into the carburettors, and it also traps gasoline vapors that wou; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00447.html (8,002 bytes)
12. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:36:09 -0500; You had a clogged charcoal canister. It is very easy to renew. Get some 3M Green Scrubing pads. You'll need two. And a jar of fish tank charcoal. Unscrew the bottom, disassemble carefully. Cut the 2; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00451.html (8,051 bytes)
13. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:02:33 +0100; Whether the charcoal canister was plugged or not, if it really *did* run better in terms of performance and economy across the range, and not simply with a higher idle speed which *will* be smoother; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00466.html (8,588 bytes)
14. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:42:07 -0700 (PDT); Circumventing 1970s-era emissions controls almost always results in a better-running engine and improved mileage. The downside is global warming, which I'm dead set against because I'm looking forwar; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00468.html (7,408 bytes)
15. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: "Ronald A. Fine" <ronfineesq@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:01:46 -0700 (GMT-07:00); I agree about emission controls but I don't think global warming is going to bring on the next ice age. Aren't the polar ice caps and glaciers all melting as a result of global warming? Ron Circumven; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00470.html (7,362 bytes)
16. Re: trying a new method (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:40:16 -0700 (PDT); Well, that was the point. :-) If you're trying to hasten the next ice age, you wouldn't be a fan of global warming. One upside to global warming is that it will re-open the Northwest Passage that all; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00473.html (7,336 bytes)

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