On Tue, 12 Sep 1995, J. Michael Roach wrote:
> Car in question: '75 Midget > > My idle has been running high (about
1500 rpm) ever since I purchased the thing. I tried to adjust the idle
speed, but the screw was all the way out. Then, my roommate thought it
was a timing problem (he'd had a similar problem with his '67 Camaro) and
altered the timing so the idle came back down. > > Not thinking through
this, I know realize that he retarded the timing so far that detonation
began to occur. This is where it all started to go wrong. > > When I took
it out for a drive, it was fine for about 10 minutes. Then, the
temperature gauge went through the roof. I shut off the car, waited for
it to cool down and tried it again. > > Bottom line is, I can drive this
car for about 10 minutes, then BOOM--temp goes sky high.
Have you retimed it? If not, try that.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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