Yikes, I would do a little more troubleshooting before tearing into the
engine. I think a stuck-open float bowl valve could cause that, no?
Do a compression test.
Skye
Word on the street is Telewest PH" said:
> Can't see how a head gasket could cause all four plugs to foul equally.
> Sounds more like a very rich mixture, i.e. from a stuck choke? But then
> blue smoke signifies oil burning. All rings stuck? (unlikely). Blocked
> engine breathing system pulling too much oil throuigh the carbs?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Swaggart" <k.swaggart@charter.net>
> To: "MG Sig" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 2:51 AM
> Subject: rapid fouling cause?
>
>
> > After about 10 minutes driving around the engine started running rougher
> and rougher as it
> > warmed up, and finally stalled. After about half an hour cooling it
> finally
> > restarted and I was able to get home just before it quit again. The first
> > thing I checked were the plugs - all four were severly fouled. After
> > changing the plugs they promptly fouled again (black soot) after about
> 5-10
> > minutes. Quite a bit a blue smoke before stalling.
> >
> > At first I thought I might have contaminated fuel since this was the first
> > drive after the fuel tank replacement, but that should have nothing to do
> > with temperature. Now I'm thinking the cylinder head gasket has failed
> due
> > to age (10 years) and/or lack of use this past winter.
> >
> > So... what's the consensus? Remove the cylinder head and replace the
> gasket,
> > or is this a symptom of something more serious?
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