[Mgs] Glowing B problems~

[Max Heim]

I don't see how a lean mixture could result in fuel burning in the exhaust
-- I think it would have to be too rich. As another possibility, could the
converter be clogged (not from this, but from some other mishap -- mice,
etc.)?


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires



on 1/5/10 2:27 PM, Clayton Kirkwood at crk at godblessthe.us wrote:

> I have a 79 B which I started up after 10 years. I had problems with the
> fuel pump which was stone quiet until hammer taken on it when it decided to
> behave. Fuel lines were brittle from tank to pump to engine compartment and
> from plastic fuel filter to carb. Replaced and lots of cranking and the
> beastie finally coughed alive after minutes of cranking.
> 
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> 
> Now for the meat. When I mothballed the B 10 years ago, I had a problem
> which the "MG mechanic" had worked to right several times with little
> success or knowledge apparently. The problem presented today very quickly ~
> 5 minutes. The exhaust pipe started glowing bright red. Now, I've been told
> several solutions: 1) the mixture is too lean and therefore is burning in
> the exhaust, not in the cylinder; 2) the mixture is too rich and isn't
> burning completely in the cylinder, but is continuing to burn in the
> exhaust. 
> 
>  
> 
> What say you? Is there a problem possibly with the exhaust valves burning?
> The car has only 9000 miles on it.
> 
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> Clayton