Morris Minor Owners Club

I think maybe, as in Franks picture, the fuel filter is fitted the wrong way round....

PSL, You cast enough doubt for me to check , even though I did when I fitted it . Just been to the garage to recheck , there is an arrow indicating direction of flow & both mine & Frank's are correct. In fact I think I can just see the arrow on Frank's pic but it may be just lighting .

Regards Andy.

I couldn't remember exactly but I knew there was an arrow and I knew someone would check

hi thanks for replies. my problem is actually I have too much fuel going into the carb not resistence :S

the problem is there is too much fuel going into the engine unburnt!!

Frank, I would put money on the law of SOD applying here. I reckon its nowt to do with carburettor problems as 3 have been the same. It sounds like sparks! Check that your condensor & coil are ok, and points gap right. Also check the little earth wire inside the distributor, when it breaks you can get misfiring. So often faults appear coincidentally that I always tend approach from the other direction now!!

well changed the HT leads (the only thing that wasn't new on the engine!! ) and switched the petrol from unleaded to LRP and guess what, the engine is working like a dream!! that shows to what quality of petrol we get in Malta! :S

Hmmm - not convinced!

I can't see any other reason, even I was not that convinced but now there it no hint of black smoke coming out

Well - if it's solved - that's great news! Just don't see the connection. Would be interesting to swop the HT leads back - and see if the problem returned.

hmm that would have been a good idea pity I already threw them away I could always switch to unleaded and check if the problem returns, to be honest the old ht leads where very firm when removed they remained in the shape they were on the engine as if they were solid!