At 09:54 AM 18/1/95 +0800, David Schleuning wrote:
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>I've been having a lot of trouble starting my '75 MGB cold, and even once
>it's warmed up it often dies at low idle. When I bought the car it had
>all it's emission controlls striped out and now has a Weber DGV carborator.
> The car and I live in Wisconsin, where the weather has been mild (for the
>midwest) over the past week. In early January, the temperature was very
>cold, but the car started up easily and performed normally at low idle.
>Over the past month the performance has steadily degraded. Now it is very
>difficult to start and will die if I coast to a stop sign, UNLESS I as I
>coast in I give the engine a good rev, then sometimes it'll idle. Last
>weekend I changed the plugs and checked the sparks from the distributer and
>now all are sparking adequately. I also took out the carborator and found
>it to be very dirty and oily. I have since completely cleaned it with
>gasoline and reinstalled it. At present the car continues to have trouble
>cold starting and dies at low idle. One more clue is that if I do get it
>started and drive for say 1/2 mile, and then four hours later (lunch), it
>will start up much easier. If it sits over night it has much more trouble
>starting.
>
>Any Suggestions???
>
Check your battery. MGs will *not* run well unless both batteries
are in decent shape. I suspect you can see the problem if you have a volt
meter hooked up to the cigarette lighter. You can also take the batteries
into a shop to get them tested.
Dave
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