[Healeys] car dies at idle

[Bob Spidell]

Dot 5 is silicone ... doesn't strip paint, but you don't want any silicone product--Armorall, etc.--anywhere near paint if there's a chance you might want to repaint someday (unless you're going for the 'fisheye effect'). 

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sorry meant to say brake cleaner. Dot 5 strips paint. 

Ira Erbs 
Portland,OR 
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(______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______) 
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BT7 engine and disk brakes 
Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines. – Enzo Ferrari 
Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words 

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Bob Spidell < bspidell at comcast.net > wrote: 



Don't think I'd spray brake fluid on the manifold ... could get messy (and DoT5 isn't flammable). Propane from an (unlit) torch, maybe? 


From: "i erbs" < eyera3000 at gmail.com > 
To: "Ahealey help" < healeys at autox.team.net > 
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 8:15:25 AM 
Subject: [Healeys] car dies at idle 


Now that I seem to have sorted the ignition issue I have another problem. After driving the car for a while and I stop at a light, my car begins to drop rpms and will then die if I do not blip the gas. Rebuilt carb, and distributor, new plugs and ignition bits. Could a manifold leak cause this? 3 AM thoughts on the problem. I'm going to try the brake fluid spray on the manifold trick to see if the engine changes sounds while idling. 
Cheers 
Ira Erbs 
Portland,OR 
_______ _______ 
(______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______) 
(_________________________) 
BT7 engine and disk brakes 
Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines. – Enzo Ferrari 
Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words 

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