Beancounter
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Good afternoon all Am I breaching protocol by not buying a virtual round with my first post?
Wifey and I are having some issues with our car.
The first issue is that the car won't start. Starting motor rumbles away fine, fuel pump is pumping OPECs finest, fuel filter is clear, spark plugs have a good spark, HT leads were new about four weeks ago and the dizzy cap was replaced last week.
We called the AA to the car yesterday and they suggest the carb needs stripping as there could be a blockage in one of the jets. Is this likely? How easy is it to strip the carb? Would it be easier to replace the carb?
The second issue, which has been occurring for the past few weeks, is to do with the engine dying nearly always on motorway types stretches of road. The engine will be up to operating temperature (90 deg. C), choke fully in and the driver will be happily doing 70/80 with their foot on the floor. Get to a hill and the engine starts to lose power and gradually you come to a halt. Even dropping gears does not maintain power. The engine won't kick back into life for a good few minutes and then normal service is resumed, until it happens again. It happened twice on an 80 miles trip on Saturday night, within 30 miles of each other.
Each time on the upward part of a hill, each time foot was flat to the floor to maintain speed.
Is the engine being flooded? Carb icing perhaps?
This only seems to happen on motorways and the like. There is an underlying problem with the idle running low (we think - no rev counter). Around town, the choke still needs to be slightly engaged to prevent stalling at traffic lights etc. though the car seems to run fine with the choke on a bit.
My apologies for the long post, but any help will be greatly appreciated
TIA,
Wifey and I are having some issues with our car.
The first issue is that the car won't start. Starting motor rumbles away fine, fuel pump is pumping OPECs finest, fuel filter is clear, spark plugs have a good spark, HT leads were new about four weeks ago and the dizzy cap was replaced last week.
We called the AA to the car yesterday and they suggest the carb needs stripping as there could be a blockage in one of the jets. Is this likely? How easy is it to strip the carb? Would it be easier to replace the carb?
The second issue, which has been occurring for the past few weeks, is to do with the engine dying nearly always on motorway types stretches of road. The engine will be up to operating temperature (90 deg. C), choke fully in and the driver will be happily doing 70/80 with their foot on the floor. Get to a hill and the engine starts to lose power and gradually you come to a halt. Even dropping gears does not maintain power. The engine won't kick back into life for a good few minutes and then normal service is resumed, until it happens again. It happened twice on an 80 miles trip on Saturday night, within 30 miles of each other.
Each time on the upward part of a hill, each time foot was flat to the floor to maintain speed.
Is the engine being flooded? Carb icing perhaps?
This only seems to happen on motorways and the like. There is an underlying problem with the idle running low (we think - no rev counter). Around town, the choke still needs to be slightly engaged to prevent stalling at traffic lights etc. though the car seems to run fine with the choke on a bit.
My apologies for the long post, but any help will be greatly appreciated
TIA,