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Re: Intermittent power loss

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Subject: Re: Intermittent power loss
From: "Chris" <slimyrat@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:23:00 +0200
> > ... and without any warning, on any kind
> > of day (temperature & humidity wise), at any incline (flat, uphill,
> > downhill), at any operating point (right after starting, after driving
for
> > 1 hour), at any fuel position (full tank, empty, new gas, etc.)  I'll
get
> > this sudden loss of power, and speed drops down to 40, giving it more
gas
> > doesn't necessarily do anything, engine will start to have power and
then
> > falter, feel ragged, etc.
> >
> > After about 5 to 10 minutes or so it'll clear up and then be fine (back
to
> > full power).


Has this car ever stood for any length of time, my father used to tell us
about his first car doing the same thing, turns out that the car had stood
under a tree unused for a few years and a seed or something had fallen into
the uncapped filler neck, this would occasionally plug the fuel line.
Apparently took him months to work out what the problem was because it would
dissapear as soon as you switched the motor off....

Chris
3/4 of a '73B
Johannesburg

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