It could have been a momentary interruption of the ignition, possibly caused by a poor connection. It may not happen again for years, or it may start doing it all the time tomorrow...
Doug Braun '72 Spit At 08:46 AM 1/23/2006 -0800, you wrote: >My usual driving of my spit is generally short trips (4 miles) at relatively >low speeds. I have a 1968 Spitfire Mk III with a Weber DGV carb. I know >that the valves need to be adjusted on the car. I noticed a few days ago >that the car ran-on for a few seconds after shutting it down. Well, >yesterday I took the spit on a much longer trip (40 miles) on the freeway >down to my parent's house. After getting up to speed on the freeway for a >few miles, (I love the electric OD Trans I have), I was driving along and >heard in quick succession two loud pops come from under the hood. I >experienced a momentary drop in power while the pop's were happening. I >looked in the rear view mirror and saw a big puff of black smoke come out. >I continued on my drive and the car ran fine the rest of the way and had no >problems on the way back. > >Was this caused by a too rich mixture? Could it have been some build-up on >the plugs that fell off at speed and popped as it went out the tailpipe? >What do you think? Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
