[Healeys] hard starting
Bob Spidell
bspidell at comcast.net
Wed Jul 31 07:47:19 MDT 2013
Maybe a fine crack in the plastic that opened up when hot.
You can't judge a rotor by its appearance.
Bob
On 7/31/2013 5:42 AM, Richard Antal wrote:
> All,
> I wrote a few days ago about prolonged cranking before ignition
> would occur on my BJ8 when the engine was warm but not problem when the engine
> was cold. The choke and carb settings were fine. The timing was too advanced
> and I corrected that. The NGK Bp5 plugs were old so I replaced them. All to no
> avail; the problem persisted. The rotor looked fine. I replaced it with an old
> one I had in the boot. Bingo! Problem solved. So why would a rotor work fine
> when cold and have no problem when running but then fail when hot? The rotor
> must have had some problem even though to my eye it looked normal.....
> rich
> antal
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