[Mgb-v8] Rough and no at all

[Barrie Robinson]

A question.... but first some narrative.

In the past I have had heat problems with my Rover engined MGB GT but 
now solved with ceramic coated exhaust manifolds and secondary pipes, 
plus beautiful aluminium radiator. The solution was more than 
adequate as it was running slightly below normal temp - just slightly 
to the left on the temp gauge.  However, in the past few weeks the 
beauty  has had the tendency not to start - massive drains on the 
battery.  Last Tuesday I had to call in the CAA because it would not 
even splutter (or smell excessively of fuel).   Turned into quite a 
pantomime as the bloke who arrived was not a mechanic - "I just give 
battery boosts, and tow".  But he found the fault much to my 
shame!   The pivot pin had dropped out of the fuel linkage 
-aaaaauuuughhh!     But the saga continues ..... he pressed down on 
the distributor leads   and one needed popping back in.    Again 
shame and I covered my head in sack cloth and ashes.  So the car 
fired first time and ran much smoother (I had put it down to having mild cam).

Now we come to the question.... If one cylinder was not firing would 
the non-ignited fuel cool down the engine a bit, enough to show on 
the temp gauge ????

Regards
Barrie

Barrie Robinson
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