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billspohn
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I went to get out my Jamaican bodied MGA with a 3.4 GM engine, It had been sitting for a year, but I didn't think twice about it as it had never failed to start - until this time.
No fire in the hole. I did the usual screwing about and finally threw in the towel and had it towed to a friend's shop, who had all the requisite special tools to check out the injection system, as I'd ascertained that it had spark and pressurized fuel to the rail, so figured it was an injection issue.
Turned out that not one, but all six of the injectors had stuck closed, and that this is not unusual, as the fuel that includes alcohol also has added ingredients aimed at keeping the alcohol in suspension, and that's the stuff that gets sticky as fuel in the injectors dries out. Some judicious tapping while applying a signal to each injector resulted in all of them reporting for duty.
So if you store a car with modern fuel, add Stabil, AND also start it every few months to prevent this sort of thing.
Having great fun with it - I tend to forget what 200 BHP feels like in an MGA....
No fire in the hole. I did the usual screwing about and finally threw in the towel and had it towed to a friend's shop, who had all the requisite special tools to check out the injection system, as I'd ascertained that it had spark and pressurized fuel to the rail, so figured it was an injection issue.
Turned out that not one, but all six of the injectors had stuck closed, and that this is not unusual, as the fuel that includes alcohol also has added ingredients aimed at keeping the alcohol in suspension, and that's the stuff that gets sticky as fuel in the injectors dries out. Some judicious tapping while applying a signal to each injector resulted in all of them reporting for duty.
So if you store a car with modern fuel, add Stabil, AND also start it every few months to prevent this sort of thing.
Having great fun with it - I tend to forget what 200 BHP feels like in an MGA....
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