[Healeys] "Engine making a weird noise"

Tue Apr 11 05:07:25 MDT 2017

What do you expect as an answer?
Generator not loading, batterie flat, generator bearing broken, engine 
sized?.
Only a garage or one who knows what to do and checking it through can give 
a clear indication.

Josef Eckert
Konigswinter/Germany

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Betreff: Re: [Healeys] "Engine making a weird noise"
Datum: 2017-04-11T12:34:18+0200
Von: "Simon Lachlan" <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk>
An: "'Bob Spidell'" <bspidell at comcast.net>, "healeys at autox.team.net" 
<healeys at autox.team.net>

Thanks for all the replies.

Now, I had thought that we were facing two separate issues:-

The battery was flat because of frequent short trips and then a series of 
attempts to start a recalcitrant engine.

The engine was “making a weird noise” and generally misbehaving which led 
to more attempts to start and a flatter and flatter battery……the one thing 
leading to the other.

Are you guys suggesting that the battery – still under guarantee – and/or 
the generator could cause the engine to stutter, under rev and go gutless? 
ie that, let’s say, a fluctuating output from the generator could cause 
fluctuations in the ignition circuit? That would be contrary to what I’d 
expect. Generators fail………the lights go dim but the engine, if it dies at 
all, does so unspasmodically? (If that’s even a word!). In my experience, 
it’s more a question of the battery being flat as a pancake when you next 
try to start the car.

And, of course, we haven’t heard if the charging light has come on. What 
about that, PH?

As I said, I was thinking about timing. Are those bolts on the distributor 
clamp tight enough?

Anyhow, I would really appreciate some more guru time on this one. Thanks,

Simon

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob 
Spidell
Sent: 11 April 2017 01:06
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] "Engine making a weird noise"

I helped a friend jumpstart her Toyota (Corolla, I think; maybe a 
Camry--who cares ;).   A jump started the car immediately, but it barely 
ran; couldn't even light the dash gauges.  The alternator was shot; ergo, 
could be the dynamo on your nephew's car.
Bob

On 4/10/2017 1:41 PM, Simon Lachlan wrote:

    Hi,

    Advice from the experts required please:-

    (No just the experts. We can all have a go.

    So, I got this, below, from my nephew just now:-

    QUOTE:-

    Hi Uncle Simon!
    ……………. I went to work with the healey on Saturday. All went well in the
    morning but on the way back the engine stopped just after the gate...
    And it would not start: as if the battery was flat: not much happening
    when trying to start it! I spent 30 min checking the distributor,
    wires, etc. all seemed normal.
    I called the assistance. They came with a battery booster which got the
    car started immediately. After 15min of driving I found myself in a
    traffic jam. The car kept on wanting to stop. I tried keeping the revs
    up but it did not work well: the engine was making a weird noise, the
    car had very little power and the revs did not want to go high: 4500
    maximum. I don't see what that engine problem has got to do with the
    battery?
    And I can't explain how the new battery can be flat!?
    The engine stopped in front of my garage. It would not start. I pushed
    the car in it. And left. I was a bit fed up with it so did not go back.
    I might do in a few days...
    Any ideas about the problem!?
    PH

    UNQUOTE

    Well, the battery may be new, but I suspect it’s used quite frequently
    and doesn’t get time to get charged.

    Main problem is the lack of power and other related issues. Car is a
    BJ8 with a very recently fitted Pertronix EI and coil.

    I’m thinking coil or coil connections or timing. The car’s in a
    basement in Paris; I’m in Devon, UK which makes life tricky.

    Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

    Simon

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