On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, MR JOHN M ROGERS wrote:
> -- [ From: John Rogers * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] --
>
> For a long, long time my MGA has been faithful to me and not left me
> stranded anywhere (how many folks can say that about a LBC). Recently,
> after it has warmed up (and gotten me sufficiently away from the house)
> it loses power, spits and sputters kind of like firing on two
> cylinders. I'll roll to a stop and give it gas and it will backfire,
> etc. and then stop. Last time it did this it was with my wife (who I
I suspect you are right about a fuel problem--perhaps the pump, but also
consider that something may be drifting around in your tank and occluding
your fuel pickup. Next time it happens, I coast to a stop and pull a
cover off one of the float bowls to see if it's full.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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