Ah Peter!
This is "exactly" the issue that I had with my '67 Midget this spring.
I never did find the cause exactly, 'cause I haven't gotten around to
teardown/rebuild yet. It did get worse. And Chuck uttered the words 'blown
head gasket' when he looked at the deck of the block. I knew when I bought
my car that it had been overheated. My guides are shot. I said 'a bit of
play' and I believe that Chuck said that they were the worse he's ever seen.
Compression was half on #2 of what the others had.
My theory was that something was expanding/contracting a bit strangely when
it got the first shot of cool coolant from the rad when the engine was hot.
Keep me informed of what you find.
Robert D.
-----Original Message-----
From Peter C. <nosimport at mailbag.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: October 1, 2001 7:11 PM
Subject: Blue skies
>So tell me, then, as long as everyone is so busy, why is it in the mornings
>en route to work that almost immediately as my temp gauge needle moves off
>of nothing there is a momentary eructation from the tailpipe of blue smoke.
>This despite pushing the choke in early, or leaving it out too long.
>Regardless of the ambient air temp, and almost always at the same point
>into my drive, 2-3 minutes, this occurs. It acts, and feels, almost like a
>"gulp" that happens when the thermostat opens. Short of driving to work in
>a different direction to solve this, any thoughts on the reason? There
>doesn't seem to be any harm to the Sprite, just an overwhelming sense of
>environmental guilt on my part. Maybe I should run bean oil to assuage my
>conscience and soothe my olfactory (and prepare myself for the forth-coming
>sauerkraut factory emissions 2 miles farther that add a certain je ne sais
>quoi to my morning coffee)
> Thanks for listening.
> Peter C 67 GFT SPRT
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