At 06:05 PM 11/5/02 +0000, Michael Hargreave Mawson wrote: >Problem 1. >There is a very loud BRRRRRRRRRRR noise from under the bonnet (on a >descending note) when decelerating through 4000 rpm. It starts when >the engine speed drops to about 4000 rpm and has gone by the time it >reaches about 3900 rpm.
When I have driven my car with the transmission tunnel cover removed, I have heard the same sort of thing: A loud, funny rattling noise only during overrun in a narrow RPM range. I could never figure out what it was. When the tunnel cover installed, it is almost impossible to hear. Anyway, you're not alone... >Problem 2. >Having left Crete in a temperature of around 87F yesterday afternoon, >and collected my car at Gatwick Airport in a temperature of around 35F >last night, I drove for a while with the windows shut. The car stinks >of petrol, even an hour after the choke has been pushed in. I hadn't >noticed this previously - but then I've never driven the car with a >hard-top on and the windows wound up before. Fuel consumption seems to >be good, so I don't suspect a large leak anywhere. What else should I >be looking at? Breather pipes? I started getting a gas smell, and it turned out to be a crack in the gas tank. It was about 4 inches long, horizontal, right in the middle of the rear surface. It was almost invisible, except that there was a slimy film of dried gasoline residue beneath it. I took the tank to a radiator shop, and they soldered a patch over the crack. Time to pull off the panels on the front and back of the gas tank and have a careful look. Also check carefully the line from the tank. Between the tank itself and the main pipe that runs along the chassis rail, there are about 6 joints and bits of rubber hose. Doug Braun '72 Spit /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
