[Healeys] uneven idle

[warthodson at aol.com]

Another possible cause: Is the choke mechanism failing to completely release due to friction or incorrect adjustment? Also, is the throttle linkage correctly adjusted? It should have a bit of free play in the linkage at idle so that it is not holding the throttle slightly open. I.E. the throttle linkage should not be what is controlling idle speed. Gary  


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
To: Leonard Berkowitz <DrBerkowitz at hotmail.com>
Cc: Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Mar 23, 2021 12:41 am
Subject: Re: [Healeys] uneven idle

Hi Len -
Sounds to me like you need to check your throttle linkage / throttle shafts (are they loose?) / butterfly valves (are they loose and/or are they seated properly?).

you can check throttle shafts by dripping some oil in on each side of the shaft on the carb and if the car starts running more reliably, then it means you need to have the throttle bodies reamed and re-bushed.
you can check the butterfly valves by removing the carbs from the car.
hope that helps,
Alan


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