Epicsockzebra
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Heyo folks, So recently I got myself a 1979 Fiat x1/9 and the car has made a lot of progress and its nearly drivable but still encounters some residual issues.
I've replaced the throttle cable, done a full tune up, made the swap to an electric fuel pump, stuff that I thought would solve the issue as when I drive the car it'll do so fine until after 10 or 15 minutes maybe the car will stop responding to my throttle inputs and the revs will drop until the car ultimately stalls. I can restart the car with no problem, it holds an idle just fine and I can really only drive it by slipping the clutch until it starts to move and then chug along at like 5mph
I'm drawn to believe its a carburetor issue as after the most recent drive the car limped home, I popped the hood and there was a distinct sizzling coming from the carbuertor, I couldn't exactly locate it but it was there.
Although I did notice something peculiar as I pulled it into the driveway, with the clutch pressed in I could tap the gas and it would rev up just fine when just moments earlier it would try and buck and kick if I gave it gas while chugging along in first
Also if it helps for whatever reason, I've noticed that the car feels and drives fine but at around 4k rpm it starts to take off and has significantly more power (the secondary kicks on I presume and its a Weber 28/30 I believe)
I've replaced the throttle cable, done a full tune up, made the swap to an electric fuel pump, stuff that I thought would solve the issue as when I drive the car it'll do so fine until after 10 or 15 minutes maybe the car will stop responding to my throttle inputs and the revs will drop until the car ultimately stalls. I can restart the car with no problem, it holds an idle just fine and I can really only drive it by slipping the clutch until it starts to move and then chug along at like 5mph
I'm drawn to believe its a carburetor issue as after the most recent drive the car limped home, I popped the hood and there was a distinct sizzling coming from the carbuertor, I couldn't exactly locate it but it was there.
Although I did notice something peculiar as I pulled it into the driveway, with the clutch pressed in I could tap the gas and it would rev up just fine when just moments earlier it would try and buck and kick if I gave it gas while chugging along in first
Also if it helps for whatever reason, I've noticed that the car feels and drives fine but at around 4k rpm it starts to take off and has significantly more power (the secondary kicks on I presume and its a Weber 28/30 I believe)
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