Tab,
I was also experiencing some mild backfiring and the need to keep the choke
out for an inordinate length of time in the morning (about 10 miles' worth).
Advancing the timing has cured all three problems.
Bud
Tab Julius wrote:
> Interestingly, I've recently been having my car push the red.
>
> For a while, it was a valid problem - leakage from the water pump.
>
> However, it still occurs. Recently I've started getting backfiring, which
> I have NEVER had on this car ('78B). It started just after a new tank of
> gas, and I thought it was just fuel-related (I don't know what causes
> backfiring), but a friend who works with cars said backfiring would not be
> fuel, it would be timing.
>
> Is this so? If so, would that explain my recent incursions into the red
> plus the occasional backfiring (which tends to occur while shifting at low
> speeds)? What should I do to fix the backfiring (and hopefully the temp
> problem too)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> - Tab
>
> ps: I have flushed the radiator, and was looking to get it re-cored, but
> if it's a timing issue then I'll not undertake that just yet...
>
> At 05:42 PM 7/22/00 -0400, Bud Krueger wrote:
> >The temperature gauge on my 77B has been running very close to the red when
> >cruising at highway speeds (65-ish) on moderate to warm days (80-ish). My
> >first
> >attack was to replace the thermostat with a 180 degree one. No effect.
>Began
> >to feel certain that it was being caused by tweaking the HS-4's a bit
> >leaner to
> >beat the fuel prices. Backed off a couple of flats. No help. Finally, I
> >remembered Lawrie's admonition that 90% of SU problems are spelled L-U-C-A-S.
> >And, he recently suggested timing to a lister with a similar problem. Checked
> >the timing -- sonuvagun. It needed a tweak of about 10 degrees in the
>advance
> >direction. That did it. Needle's back in the middle of the range. As they
> >say, YMMV, but it worked for me. Thanks Lawrie.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Bud Krueger
> >http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> >52TD
> >77MGB
> >
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Bud Krueger
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52TD
77MGB
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