Steve,
Generally if poor running or high idle or run-on can be "cured" by
choking
(or enrichening) the cause is an intake leak at gaskets or plumbing. You
can discover where by spraying carb cleaner or WD40 or ? at various points
and listening for a change in running. At that point the spray is being
sucked in.
Peter C
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At 03:02 AM 2/2/2000 , Steven Fooshee wrote:
> Greetings, list. I've been off the list for a while (car's been running
>well, and all and I've been concentrating on my "real" car :). So I
>apologize if I should read more and ask less. Anyway...
> I have a MkIV which has started to run poorly. I have new points and
>the ignition and plugs look good, but it won't run well below 2500 rpm
>without having the choke pulled partly out. I rebuilt the stock SUs
>myself, but they are the only carbs I've ever owned, so my experience is
>limited. I would think that this indicates that it's running lean, but
>I've had them a bit rich (slowly turning in the jets a couple of turns
>when really needed) for 3 years and this is quite sudden in comparison.
> To further comment on the symptoms, I can turn the choke off while
>driving and it usually continues (around 2000-2500 rpm) with no trouble,
>but won't respond to blipping for downshifts.
> I'm hoping this is a common and simple problem which has escaped me due
>to lack of experience. Thanks.
>
>
>--
>
>1987 RX-7 TII: La voiture grande vitesse.
>MCMLXIX Sprite: La voiture grande finesse.
>1990 GS 500-E: Le grand velo.
>If that phone was up your butt,
>maybe you could drive a little better.
>
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