Michael: I periodically clean my engine with a pressure gun and Gunk.
After having the same problem when I first started doing this, I found that
the answer was compressed air. You need to get all the water out of the
electrical system that you can and that includes the spark plug wires at the
engine, inside the distributor, the spark plug wires where they enter the
cap, and the coil where the high tension wire enters the coil (unscrew the
connector and blow the moisture out of the coil where the wire enters).
That has worked for me.
(The Other) Len
Vacaville, California, USA
1967 3000 MKIII, HBJ8L39031
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hartfield" <hartfiel@alumni.princeton.edu>
To: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 4:13 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Water and running rough
> Searching the massive collective wisdom on this list.
>
> Yesterday, I washed the engine down. I took care to keep water off the
> distributor (but not all) and rinsed after using a cleaner that would cut
> through engine oil.
>
> Immediately following the wash it would not start.
>
> Five hours later it started, but it ran rough. I took it for a drive and
> it
> seemed to miss at low rpm and smooth out at higher rpm. I removed the
> distributor cover and the distributor appeared to be dry.
>
> Today I started the car and it started without choke. Unusual. I checked
> the choke linkage at the carbs and the choke appears to be off. But, it
> is
> still running rough.
>
> Michael Hartfield
> BJ8
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