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Re: [Healeys] Missfire/"Puffing" Continuing

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Missfire/"Puffing" Continuing
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:58:47 -0700
Try enrichening the carbs a smidgen.

bs


PhilRitten@aol.com wrote:
> All,
>  
> I am still getting a "puffing" noise from my BN4/6 after I have driven  it a 
> little. After warming it up, I take it up on the freeway a mile or  two, turn 
> around and bring it home. After that, every fourth  or fifth sound out of the 
> tail pipe is a "puffing" sound. Interestingly, the  idle is still smooth (no 
> obvious missing). The only way you can tell there is a  problem is listening 
>to 
> the tail pipe.  BTW - when idling and warming up in  the garage there is a 
> steady staccato sound from the tail pipe. 
>  
> I'm rather puzzled. I replaced the plugs/cap/rotor/wires and set the  timing 
> around 15 BTDC. I looked under the hood at night (in the dark) to see if  
> there was any shorting and didn't see anything. There doesn't seem to be the  
>same 
> problem with the rotor rubbing on the cap that I had before. By the way, I  
> have electronic ignition.
>  
> I'm wondering if it could be something like a bad coil or something that  
> fails once it has warmed up.
>  
> Thank you all,
>  
> Phil
>   
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