Over that past couple of weekends I've hauled out my engine and replaced the
rear main oil seal and manifold to head gasket. The rear main seal
replacement work like a charm as there is *almost* no oil drops under the
Rover, even after a long highway run. A month ago there would have been
half a litre!
The manifold gasket has made a difference too as the old one was really shot
and there was a chug chug of smelly exhaust fumes wafting back into the
drivers face before I replaced it.
I think that the manifold vacuum has improved as well as there is now a
definite sound of rushing air from the base of the carb. In fact when
things warm up there is a definite whistle ala a tea kettle! I've had the
carb off (a Solex) and checked the base packing block and gaskets which are
new and look fine. The whistle *seems* to be coming from the base of the
cold start circuit.
Before the gasket replacement, the Rover wouldn't idle worth sh*t but had
lots of power (well... relatively...) now it idles like a charm but has NO
power at all on the road. If I push the gas pedal to aggressively, it bogs
down and stalls. When warm I have to run with the choke cable almost all
the way out and there is no power at all for hills...
Sounds to me like either a lack of fuel in the mixture due to something
plugged in the carb , or a big vacuum leak but usually vacuum leaks cause
poor idling while this one idles like a sleeping baby...
Thoughts? I'm going to start at the fuel filter and work back to the carb
and tear into it as I have a re-build kit on hand (actually two thanks to
Craddock's...)
Maybe time to pick up a vacuum gauge from C-Tyre...
Paul Quin
1961 SII 88
Victoria, BC
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