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Re: MGB struggles on hills

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:15 am
by Penguin45
If it failed on emissions, the garage will have done what every British garage has done with SU carbs for the past 30 years and leaned off the mixture.

P45.

Re: MGB struggles on hills

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:56 am
by JPB
Yes, this ^^^ and/or, as I suspect, they tested it at idle because they haven't read the many publications telling them that they're allowed to do this at around 2k rpm.

The success of this technique does of course vary between needles but always seems to get B-series engines through, assuming they're otherwise fit.