<div dir="ltr">could also be a bad a condenser. Could coincidental, not causational. How old is the condenser? Even if newish, there are lots of crappy new Lucas parts out there. I had three bad ones with similar results, until replaced with a Distributor Doctor HD condenser.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Ira Erbs<div>Portland,OR</div><div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> _______ _______</span><br style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)</span><br style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> (_________________________)</span></div><div> BT7 engine and disk brakes</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>1967 MGB <img src="http://www.britishcarspecialists.com/assets/images/MG_emblem.jpg" alt="MG"></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti</span><br></div><div>Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:36 AM David Breneman via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpec15941cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div dir="ltr">I've never encountered a "bad fuel" problem before, so I'm looking</div><div dir="ltr">for some confirmation (or not). The local Mom-without-Pop store put</div><div dir="ltr">in new pumps, and one of the things they're offering now is 92 octane (US)<br></div><div dir="ltr">alcohol-free gas. I had about a quarter tank in my MGA (w/MGB high</div><div dir="ltr">compression engine) so I went to fill up. The pump with the alcohol-</div><div dir="ltr">free gas was out of order! So I put in three gallons of regular 92 <br></div><div dir="ltr">octane, and about 1/4 mile from the station started experiencing a lot</div><div dir="ltr">of misfiring, mostly when accelerating in 3rd and 4th. I continued</div><div dir="ltr"><span><span class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">driving like this for about 20 miles to see if it would clear up and it</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">never did. I can't imagine it's anything but the fuel, but I've never</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">encountered "bad fuel" situation like this in 44 years of driving.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">The fact that it started about 1/4 mile after leaving the station seems</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">like pretty good evidence. Any other possibilities? Is there any option</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">other than to just burn through this half tank of gas?</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">Thanks! </span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpec15941csignature">David Breneman <a href="mailto:david_breneman@yahoo.com" target="_blank">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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