Hmm, have you checked the compression lately? One ugly possibility is a
blown head gasket.
Also, your timing seemed a little advanced, which can cause hot running. I
have to say I was curious why, if you thought it might be a timing problem,
that you bought a new distributor and set it at exactly the same timing as
the old one. I would have thought the logical first step would be to change
the timing on the existing distributor.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 10/15/07 10:03 AM, RampantNM@aol.com at RampantNM@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/15/2007 10:23:46 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
> r.gosling@penspen.com writes:
>
> Has the radiator been flushed at all recently? There could be any
> amount of muck restricting the free flow of coolant.
>
> Just one of a number of possible remedies, but a cheap one to try
> first...
>
> Also, what's the drive like? Free-flowing or stop-start? In
> free-flowing traffic the fan shouldn't need to do any work, the forward
> motion of the car should be enough, so I wouldn't spend too much of my
> effort focussing on the fan unless your car spends significant time
> under 20mph.
>
>
>
>
> Radiator was flused an checked a few months ago when we changed the engine.
>
> The drive is mostly freeway. First five miles has maybe 4 stop lights, and
> 3-4 at the other end, but most is 55-70 MPH freeway.
>
> One thing I forgot to mention yesterday, as I let off the gas and coasted to
> a stop at those first few lights, I had 3-4 large backfires through the
> muffler, with great clouds of smoke from each one. If I pushed in the clutch
> and
> let it idle as I coasted to the stop, the backfires did not occur.
>
> John Twist set the carbs in April, so they should still be spot on.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert B. Houston
> 63 TR4
> 74.5 MGBGT
> 73 MG Midget
>
> b&Reminds me of my safari in Africa, somebody forgot the corkscrew and for
> several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. W. C Fields
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