Patrick -
With all the fart-arsing my first guess would have been did you fill it up
with Mexican Food, but then I realized you are so far south of the border
you are down under... so I know it can't be a burrito!
Actually your instincts are very good and I would say that it sounds very
much like a bad coil. A good way to check this is to run the car for a few
minutes and then put your hand on the coil. If it seems significantly hotter
to the touch than the rest of the motor, then this is very likely your
culprit. Replace it, coils are cheap! Also make sure the coil wire is not
loose or falling apart.
I would also go through your whole ignition system tops and tails, with
particular attention paid to replacing the disty rotor, as we all know there
are many bad ones floating around.
If none of this works, other potential culprits are a bad fuel pump or
clogged fuel filter (if you have one).
Let us know how it goes.
Best Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 11/21/05, Quinn, Patrick <Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au> wrote:
>
> G'day
>
> With a builder in and about our home for what seems forever the BN3 has
> been enjoying a holiday in the garage of a neighbour. So in the last 12
> months we have done a grand total of 97 miles together. Hang my head
> with shame.
>
> Yesterday I set forth for a 120mile round trip journey and a fun time
> was not had by all. I have my suspicions of what went wrong but I
> thought I would ask for further opinions.
>
> As usual we blasted off down the hill in full song (we live in a very
> hilly area). We got down the bottom and not long after the engine
> reached normal operating temperature it lost all power. It would still
> run but putting my right foot down only produced the sound of a
> flatulent cow. Stop by the roadside, did a little fettling and away I go
> on all 6. A few minutes again the same returneth. The lack of power was
> right through the rev range and not just under load.
>
> So this went on for a time when I thought that discretion is the better
> part of valour and I turned around and went home. It fart-arsed around
> for a time but at least got me to the bottom of the hills (we call them
> mountains) and then it was a mixture of slarty fart blast going up with
> the occasional blast of full power.
>
> Got home, put the car away and allowed it to sit there considering its
> atrocious behaviour. I went out and continued on with my post builder
> reconstruction.
>
> Methinks it's probably the coil that's breaking down with the stress of
> behaving itself for so long. You would think that a coil should last
> longer then 24 years, wouldn't you. Never buy that German rubbish again.
>
> Your collective thoughts please?
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
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