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Subject: [Healeys] "Engine making a weird noise"
From: rjhco at att.net (Richard J. Hockert)
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:34:30 -0500
References: <000001d2b23a$c4e3dac0$4eab9040$@homecall.co.uk> <58EC091D.1070608@earthlink.net>
'Making a weird noise' is challenging to analyze.
Flat battery 90% sure has been correctly diagnosed as charging system failure- 
check generator, regulator and wiring loom.

Second issue of low revving - check  1. exhaust is free flowing 2. Fuel flow is 
not restricted 3. Distributor is advancing and Petronix has correct curve


Best regards,
Jim

> On Apr 10, 2017, at 5:37 PM, Bob Haskell <rchaskell at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Simon,
> 
> No expert, but...
> 
> Generator failed?
> 
> Charge the battery and start the car.  Confirm that the noise still occurs.  
> Check the voltage across the battery.  Should be above 13 volts if the 
> generator and voltage regulator are working.  Shut the engine off.
> 
> Disconnect the fan belt and start the car and see if the noise is gone.  
> Can't run it for very long - no water pump.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bob Haskell
> AHCA 3000 MkI registrar
> http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php
> 
>> On 04/10/2017 04:41 PM, Simon Lachlan wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Advice from the experts required please:-
>> 
>> (No just the experts. We can all have a go.
>> 
>> So, I got this, below, from my nephew just now:-
>> 
>> QUOTE:-
>> 
>> Hi Uncle Simon!
>> ?????. I went to work with the healey on Saturday. All went well in the
>> morning but on the way back the engine stopped just after the gate...
>> And it would not start: as if the battery was flat: not much happening
>> when trying to start it! I spent 30 min checking the distributor, wires,
>> etc. all seemed normal.
>> I called the assistance. They came with a battery booster which got the
>> car started immediately. After 15min of driving I found myself in a
>> traffic jam. The car kept on wanting to stop. I tried keeping the revs
>> up but it did not work well: the engine was making a weird noise, the
>> car had very little power and the revs did not want to go high: 4500
>> maximum. I don't see what that engine problem has got to do with the
>> battery?
>> And I can't explain how the new battery can be flat!?
>> The engine stopped in front of my garage. It would not start. I pushed
>> the car in it. And left. I was a bit fed up with it so did not go back.
>> I might do in a few days...
>> Any ideas about the problem!?
>> PH
>> 
>> UNQUOTE
>> 
>> Well, the battery may be new, but I suspect it?s used quite frequently
>> and doesn?t get time to get charged.
>> 
>> Main problem is the lack of power and other related issues. Car is a BJ8
>> with a very recently fitted Pertronix EI and coil.
>> 
>> I?m thinking coil or coil connections or timing. The car?s in a basement
>> in Paris; I?m in Devon, UK which makes life tricky.
>> 
>> Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
>> 
>> Simon
>> 
>> 
>> 
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