At 05:18 PM 6/25/97 -0400, Matt Kulka wrote:
>>>> "TS Internet Machine" <econ.tech.dti@gtnet.gov.uk> 06/23/97 10:36am
>>>>
>It will tickover at 800 rpm quite happily but the instant you hit the
>gas
>pedal the car starts to cough and splutter, backfires in the carbs and
>spurts black smoke out of the back.... It will not rev over 2,500 rpm
>and
>runs really really rough if you try and take it over its tickover.
>
>We've changed the fuel filter, checked the fuel delivery (sort of
>sloshes
>out at a leisurly pace at the carbs) and even tried running the car
>without
>a filter but no change to the situation. One point of note is that the
>plugs are really black when it's been running for a while.
>>>>>>>
>
This happened to me once. Turned out to be dirt on the carb needles. Take
off the aluminum covers (three screws, ) lift off carefully, and clean the
needles with fine steel wool. Cured my problem.
Mike
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