Ken,
It sounds as though you may have fuel getting past a stuck float valve in
one of your float chambers. Can you see or smell fuel around either of the
float chambers? Check your oil level, too. If your car was parked with the
front end down hill the crankcase may have filled with fuel. That happened
to me once and both float valves were leaking and the car wouldn't start at
all.
Gary
'73
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Ken Davis
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 4:29 PM
To: Triumph 6 Pack
Subject: Carby Running rich! question
Back in town after 3 weeks overseas, and decided to take the LBC for a
joyride. Funny thing happened. Now, this car has sat, for over 3 weeks,
untouched, undriven on a inclined driveway.
Today when I tried to start it, it was obviously having problems, would
almost fire, but not quite, pulling the choke full out / 1/2 out, 1/4 out
didn't seem to make a difference. When it finally fired, it ran very
poorly, very very rich. I could see the carbon / fumes pouring out of the
tailpipe. it ran only with foot on throttle, holding at least to 2000 rpm.
Foot off - no idle, just a fume belching stall.
Now, in April it was running rich, but running quite well none-the-less.
Over time I leaned it out so the plugs were tan, and since that time I've
put 600 -800 miles on it, with no adjustments.
I pulled the plugs today, and both 2 & 5 were excessively sooty.
So, since I haven't touched anything lately, and it's suddenly running very
rich, what else should I be looking at for a cause? The compensators (the
long plastic one, the smaller roundish one? Could these seize-up, dry out,
or anything like that.
All advice needed; I've got 2 days to fix it before I finally return to
work.
Thanks
Ken
CF7000U0
73 TR6
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