[Healeys] Two hot too shart?

PG britishcars at shaw.ca
Sun Jul 3 12:00:32 MDT 2011


I would have thought the opposite.....with the clutch depressed, the input
shaft is disengaged and the only thing turning is the engine.   Whereas,
with the clutch not depressed and the car in neutral, the starter has to
turn the engine and the input shaft.



-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of insptwo at msn.com
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 10:28 AM
To: healey help
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Two hot too shart?

When your Healey sits hot and does not want to start, try placing it in
neutral, do not depress the clutch, and hit the starter. Several years ago I
was having that problem in the Florida summers when I ran it and stopped for
while. The temp gauge would go up to over 212 when it sat for a short time.
Starting the car without the clutch being depressed appears to lessen the
drag
on the starter and the engine spins faster.
Bill
BJ7 >
> I have been having an issue with the BN7 for a couple years now. It
> seems that in hot weather driving that once the temp guage reaches 190 or
> higher that it does not want to idle too well and will cut off. It is
> impossible to restart for a while after this happens.
>
> Also, if I stop for a
> bit and say go into store then restarting is impossible. When I come out
the
> guage may read 212 or so. This is what happened today. After about 20
> minutes cooldown and the guage dropped to 190 it started right up and I
was
on
> my way.
>
> Other than this the car runs well under all conditions.
>
> Any thoughts
> out there?
> Keith
> _______________________________________________
> Healeys at autox.team.net
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested
> annual donation $12.75
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums:
> http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com
> _______________________________________________
> Healeys at autox.team.net
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.75
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/insptwo@msn.com
_______________________________________________
Healeys at autox.team.net
Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Suggested annual donation  $12.75
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/britishcars@shaw.ca


More information about the Healeys mailing list