Thar She Blows!

[porter_bmx 0]

hi, had a problem with my mi16 not starting, it would tick over for 5 seconds then cut out and sound like it was running on two cylinders. its running on weber 45s and has a stage 3 head. here's what i did to see if i could find the problem.

check fuel- fueling side of things is ok

check for spark- got shocked 4 times so thats ok.

drain petrol tank to get rid of old fuel- new fuel made no difference.

dry off all plugs incase of fludding- the plug closest to the cambelt pulled some threds out but still sempt to be ok when tightend up. all plugs dry'd but made no difference.

charge battery- still didnt work.

 

tryed to turn it over again and it blew out the plug which had striped some threads, left a nice nipple in my bonnet

 

any ideas people? also does anyone know the cost of sorting out the threads in the plug hole?

many thanks

steven

[dcc 855]

you will have to helicoil the hole.

 

Are you running with the 16v management or the 8v?

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

I had the same problem and I'm very sorry to hear this. Mine went when driving.

 

But all is not lost, as, if you find the right person who uses a lot of grease to catch the swarf, this can even be rectified with the engine still in the car by heli-coiling as Dan said.

 

Perhaps £80 IIRC, but back on the road in a jiffy with no f*cking about with head off and new cambelts....unless you really want to.

[porter_bmx 0]

taking the car down to the local engine guys who are going to try and do it while in the car. once thats done i can look into why it wouldnt run correctly