At 11:47 AM 9/23/98 -0400, Raja wrote:
>.... MGB 77 roadster,.... specialist .... noticed a certain delay(very
small) in starting it up ....
>
>.... what started out as a little delay is taking longer and longer. I
turn the ignition and .... After 2 tries (now it is 2) and some pressure on
the gas pedal, the engine reluctantly gurgles to life. After driving it
for a while, and shutting down, it starts up immediately, without any
pressure on the accelerator at all. But after a few hours, it's back to
square 1. ....
>
>Another thing that might be related to this is that the engine backfires
when I first start driving it. So, I slowly take the car from 1000 to 3000
rpm in neutral every morning, and this stops the backfiring.
>....
A malfunctioning automatic choke will give exactly these symptoms. It
sounds like a lean fuel mixture that needs a little more enrichment when
the engine is cold.
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
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