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face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dan, try removing your air filters
and see what happens. I had an issue on an old mini a few months which would not
run right at all. It had a high flow K&N air filter on it which was
basically blocked. The engine was effectively running too rich due to the lack
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size=2 face=Helvetica>The owner of the mini then confessed that he had never
cleaned the filter in the time he had the car. Some 15 years
perhaps.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=2 face=Helvetica>When you removed the vacuum pipe and the engine ran better
you would have leaned out the mixture by introducing air at the
manifold.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ok, tried removing the brake
booster vacuum hose with no change.....</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I removed it at the manifold end as
it was a lot easier to get to - plugged the port there. Car ran the same when
started, however revs increased noticeably when I removed
the</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">plug while the car was running.
Still ran roughly but not quite as badly and with increased vigor, it seemed to
me. And the hose was completely dry as far up as I could reach
with</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">a swab. I then hooked it up, ran
the car again, and then checked inside the hose again - still
dry.....</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I'll worry about the brake fluid
loss once I get the car up and running again.... Didn't seem like the reservoir
was any lower today after running the car a bit
yesterday....</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Any thoughts on what to check
next?</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thx, Dan</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=Arial> PaulHunt73 via Mgs <</FONT><A
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face=Arial>mgs@autox.team.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>><BR><B>To:</B>
</FONT><A style='href: "mailto:MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com"'><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial> <BR><B>Cc:</B> MG
List <</FONT><A style='href: "mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"'><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>mgs@autox.team.net</FONT></A></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 6, 2016 8:17
AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Mgs] [MG-MGB] Rough Running</FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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face=Helvetica><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Yes. It would only be wet if
it is sucking brake fluid past a faulty seal in the
servo.</FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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face=Helvetica>Ok, thanks, guys, will check this tonight. I assume that this is
simply providing vacuum to the booster and should be dry
normally...?</FONT></SPAN></P>
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