Not to make this situation any more complex than it already is, My
housemate has a motorcycle with a one cylinder, four stroke engine. It is
a Suzuki Savage, and I imagine that the flywheel is weighted to allow it
to run, but I wouldn't be calling the people at Guiness just yet.
Jim McDougal
jmcd@cats.ucsc.edu
On Wed, 15
May 1996 Ragthyme@aol.com wrote:
> > attempted to start the car it would run on cylinder #4 only.It ran fine
> > till this i did not change the timeing I changed the plugs and wires the
> > distributer cap looks fine.The fireing order is correct also.The only
> > thing thas seems wrong is that when it is running on one cylinder the
> > ignition light remains "on" the car is a 1979
> >
> > allan eldridge eldridge@nbnet.nb.ca
> > 70,72,79 mgb's
>
> Allan:
>
> Have you called Guinness yet? If not, do so immediately. This is the only
> instance of a 4-cyl car running on one cyl I have *ever* heard of. You
> should by all means take full-colour video and get a corroborating witness
> there and, if possible, a notary public to take down your statements. MIT or
> Cal-Tech might wish to purchase this machine for research purposes, as well
> ... you may want to keep that in mind before you tinker with it any further.
>
> ::cough::
>
> On a more serious note, this is just mechanically not possible. It's very
> difficult to tell from your description exactly what's going on, but if
> you've replaced the head gasket, it could be a whole series of things. Take a
> deep breath, start from the top, and try again. What is it exactly that your
> car is doing?
>
> Corey
> 75 MGB 'Rags'
> 4 out of 4 Cylinders Firing At All Times
>
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