1275 gt

[valetboy]

we leaned the mixture and she then began coughing and splutering on the road,[ all this was done by computer with a sensor up the exhaust.

[dai9fxey]

What type of distributor is fitted, electronic or normal points type.?

[ljonez]

might sound strange but posibly a slightly bent or worn dizzy shaft?

i had it happen to an old golf, it would mis fire on 2 cylinders took us ages to figure it out

in our case it had got bent whilst other work was being done

[exuptoy]

Could it be a fuel delivery problem and its leaning out under load or could it be breaking down under load, like a bad plug (new plugs can fail) or condenser breaking down? Can the plugs be of the wrong heat range or something stupid like that?

[valetboy]

normal points fitted,as for the rest of your comments i think on my day off do a bit more investigating,i am tempted to give it to mike [ minimiglia ] and ask him to sort it for me as my knowleadge is limited

[minimiglia0]

i have seen this before and it was a sticky/cracked valve or tappets set to tight sounds really lumpy on tickover but seems to run fine while driving

[dai9fxey]

Any joy with the "missing" yet VB.?

[valetboy]

nah not yet not a lot of incentive at the moment,my leg is nackered and the car is nackered,although the chap who did the head gasket last year said he would take a look at it and also minimiglia said as well so its really up to me now to get some motivation back ! = vb

[coedy]

you have to take her to the RR day. surely thats motivation enough? ;D

[valetboy]

prior to giving to the chap who looks after my car [ mechanically ] i chucked a whole bottle of redex in with just £5.00 worth of petrol,he has had it a week and cant find any missing hot or cold,checked all the timing ect but all good,so i guess i am lucky that its not the head gasket again. = vb

[dai9fxey]

Voila. Job done.
Can't believe that there was that much carbon / gum build up in the cylinder head / carb in such a short time though..
Anyway, job done and good news that the head didn't have to come off again.

[valetboy]

so hopefully should be ok for r & r day, subject to left leg but still got two weeks to go ! = vb

[valetboy]

mini in today to get the head gasket seen to,also going to test the head as well so hopefully will be in working order by next weekend.once its done its going to go into the mini mags in the classifieds and we will see how the credit crunch is going,also will be putting an ad in for sale section on the forum. = vb

[Phil J]

Hope it gets sorted for you mate, gutted to see your thinking of selling though

[valetboy]

been offered a audi a4 [ltd edition with the s4 body and twin turbo diesel estate ] and ever since he got it 4 years ago i said i wanted first refusal if he sold and it came up for sale three days ago,so i have to many cars on the drive so it looks as though the mini will have to go vb

[mini2infiniti]

If I had the monies I would soooooooooooooo buy it off you cuz its lush

[valetboy]

just got my mini back headgasket renewed,now i need your help ! going to renew my carb do i [ 1 ] give the carb a makeover , or [ 2 ] buy a secondhand/new twin carbs , if its the twin which one do i go for,as i have had problems with the carb for the last year and half,the symptons are when its idling its either to fast or you ajust it to run around 1 thou and she ticks over for about 5 secs but then dies,she needs to tick over about 2.5 thou and then fluctuates between 1 thou and 2.5, HELP ! - VB

[jjitaljob]

so your running twins atm? have they been balanced?

[valetboy]

no running a single su,thinking of going down the twin root- vb

[jjitaljob]

your symptoms sound like my old 998 and all it needed was a carb overhaul.. in the end i think it was float damage or something that caused the underfuelling and stalling. try giving carb a good clean out and if that doesnt work overhaul it or get another one but make sure the next ones a good one.