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Title: engine dies Post by: my8thholden on August 09, 2024, 07:07:50 AM Hi gents and ladies ..My grey engine , stock standard , I am aware of this problem heard it before , but I just cant recall what the cause is , so I dont go looking at this and that I thought someone on the forum will say do this do that and the penny will drop for me ...the car has been running fine , all be it not often ..recently though , start up all good , move off , stop to turn onto road , or stop at intersection and go to move off , engine just dies , push accelerator sort of nothing then fires up and goes , on one occasion had to restart with the ignition and hold revs up a bit and get going , once going all good , get home turn into driveway , fault , fail, fart and then fire up and go ...any answers on this please ....Vern .
Title: Re: engine dies Post by: Harv on August 09, 2024, 07:18:58 AM Accelerator pump not squirting well. Pull air cleaner, operate throttle linkage by hand and watch for a blurt of fuel down the carb throat.
Cheers, Harv Title: Re: engine dies Post by: Errol62 on August 09, 2024, 10:31:21 AM Check the fuel level in the fuel pump glass bowl also Vern. I had similar symptoms recently and it was an air leak in the fuel pipe before the pump.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Title: Re: engine dies Post by: Just40 on August 09, 2024, 01:58:24 PM sounds like blockage on the fuel pick up in the tank.
Title: Re: engine dies Post by: Errol62 on August 09, 2024, 06:07:26 PM The consensus seems to be fuel related Vern, so it’s probably spark 😄😄
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Title: Re: engine dies Post by: my8thholden on August 11, 2024, 07:06:50 AM Errol ...Your right , just remind me where are the sparkplugs located exactly in the fuel tank ...seriously now, I built a demo grey motor for the museum at Fagan Park and it runs very well and responds to throttle, so I will take carby of that and put on the car and try ....Vern ..
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