Completing the compression test on the engine of My Old Smoker (the new, not so complementary name for Harvey the Mini Cooper) has given me some very good news. I now have a way ahead for fixing the bloody thing!
With the coil lead disconnected, removing the spark plugs one at a time I [...]
You may or may not know that I’m struggling with my Mini at the moment. I took the spark plugs out one at a time this afternoon. Number one was nice and clean (ish!) normal looking. Two, three and four were sooty and black.
One – four (left to right):
I jumped [...]
What you are looking at above is the block of an engine. Between cylinders two and three is a gap (arrowed) where a chunk of metal is missing from the face. Notice also the scoring down the left hand cylinder. This is number 3 and there’s no way that scoring should be [...]
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