Hello Everyone :)
Just curious... I've had my mini BOC for... 3 weeks now (YAY!) but in
the last couple of days she's had some trouble with the cold (we've had
snow and very cold temps). Monday evening, for example, we had driven
to a town nearby to have dinner with family, but she hadn't been used
since Friday evening. She started up fine, but after driving for
around 20 minutes I had to come to a stop at a traffic signal where she
just died. I started her up again no problem and we got to the
restaurant, a couple of hours later home and no incidences.
Tuesday morning I drove her to work, again, started up fine, drove for
about 30 minutes on the motorway, came to my exit near work and had to
slow down for traffic, where she died again. I coasted to the side of
the slip road and waited a couple of minutes - after 3 short attempts
she started up again. On the way home, 8 hours later, she was fine.
This morning no incidence. Would it be popular opinion that my 15 year
old car is just cold? Or should I go ahead and take her in to get
checked out?
Thanks in advance
Pinky
Mick Rouse - 28 Dec 2005 13:25 GMT
"Pinky" wrote in pink crayon
> Hello Everyone :)
>
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> old car is just cold? Or should I go ahead and take her in to get
> checked out?
Sounds distinctly like a case of "carb icing"
Do you have the connections for a "water heated manifold"...???
If so get them hooked up, it makes quite a difference. alternatively get
yourself a bit of card board behind your grill.. (to cover just a little
more than the middle 3rd).
It's a fairly common thing, and my 30 has problems with this but i normally
just use a bit of cardboard.
Hope this helps.
Mick
Pinky - 28 Dec 2005 14:02 GMT
Thanks Mick. Not sure if I have the connections for a water heated
manifold. Will check into that.
Otherwise, thanks for the cardboard tip! I told my boyfriend about it
and he said "easy!" :-) I'm glad!
many thanks - glad I can come here and ask questions!