My mini went into a coma when I was on my way to London (from Liverpool)
today. REally odd:

The engine seems to be running fine up to a certain rev, then it becomes
odd, the acceleration seems to become pulsating, and even on full gas, I
couln't get the car to go any faster than 50-60 - bad news on the M6, in
other words

I pulled over, and waited for a bit, contemplating what to do. I decided to
try and make it to a service station (3 mi), and suddenly the car was okay
again, so I decided to continue driving. After 10 miles or so the same thing
happened again.

I now pulled off at a service station and picked the air filter-thingie
apart, because I thought there might be something wrong with the fuel
supply. Couldn't find anything wrong, and put the air filter back on. When I
put it back together, a strange sound was introduced: Driving slowly (>30)
while giving a lot of gas, the car had an additional growling-type sound,
kind of like you hear from styled riceburners with large chrome exhaust
pipes.

Other than this, the car seemed all right again, and I went back on the
motorway, only to have the same thing happen again 20 minutes later. In a
moment of inspiration, I pulled the choke, and the engine suddenly ran
perfectly again.

I turned the car around and headed home again, not trusting it all the way
to London. I managed to get it all the way to Liverpool without further
incident (pulling the choke whenever the weird thing happened again).

I don't know what the hell is going on. Any suggestions?

HJ

Just go on the pill or use Japanese wrinkles.

The Muffin Man

"minichicago" <itrack (AT) ameritech (DOT) net> wrote

Coil?

I can't pretend that I know what a coil is, or even where it is, but what
does it do? And how can it sometimes work, and sometimes not?

MiniChicago wrote:9/11/03 5:03 PM

object in front of your engine with a lead going to the distributor.

Can anyone tell me how to change my preferences to mix up(such as nospam) my
email address?

Thanks!

You use Entourage for OS X - I used to as well, but damned if I can remember
how to do it now. I am sure there is a "accounts" or a "newsgroups accounts"
settings menu somewhere - possibly under preferences under the Entourage
menu. Good luck!

Aha. Yeah, I know the one. Is it a question of just replacing it? Is it
difficult?

Cheers,

Haje

MiniChicago wrote:9/11/03 8:14 PM

MiniChicago wrote:9/11/03 9:53 PM

Do not get it. What do the coil and mixture have to do with each other?

I dont think they got the joke Muffy...but I did, I would have said to just
say no!

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