[Spridgets] Continuing Spitting Woes

[Bud Pazur]

Peter -

Thanks much.I will forgo the Lake Michigan test, thank you anyway.

Bud


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Caldwell" <peter at nosimport.com>
To: "Bud Pazur" <bpazur at excel.net>; "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Continuing Spitting Woes


> At 02:09 PM 6/26/2009, Bud Pazur wrote:
> >I thought I had got rid of my 1275 Bugeye spitting woes, but I haven't.
After
> >checking everything (twice or three times), replacing spark plug wires,
> >getting a new battery, the condition persists.
> >
> >I want to check for manifold/carb vac leaks. How do I use water (or
whatever)
> >to do this? Thanks.
> >
> >Bud Pazur
> ==================
> One way is to close down the idle screws so the butterflies are
> closed, then push the car into Lake Michigan, and watch if there are
> any air bubbles forming at the throttle shafts or manifold gasket.
>
>
> Another way, without using water, is to have the car idling and spray
> some aerosol something around the shafts and gaskets. Use something
> with the little hose bit so you can pinpoint the spray. If the spray
> you use is flammable, the idle will go up, if it is not flammable (or
> not inflammable) the idle will go down, as the stuff is drawn into
> the engine at that spot. Test to hear what the engine will do when it
> gets a taste of the juice by spraying directly into a carb.
>
> This is a lot more enviro-friendly than the first water method.
>
> Peter C.