Same problem this morning. Just fine for a few blocks and then I seem
to be running on two cylinders. Compression check shows 110 all around.
Plugs are wet.
Like I said, I don't know a thing about SUs, even though I've heard
about them on the Datsun 510 Bluebirds mailing list for years. How do I
fix a dirty float valve?
- Kendel "late to work" McCarley
Charles & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> If it reeks of gas when running, it's obviously flooding. That smoke
> you thought was blue, could have been black. The fact that the
> problem came and went doesn't indicate major internal engine
> problems. It could be just a dirty float valve.
>
> Cheers,
>
> CR
>
>
> Kendel McCarley wrote:
>
>> By accident, I acquired a '72 Midget last week (I swear, it just
>> followed me home). Tonight, I had it out for the first time, running
>> a few errands and getting about five miles from home. On the way
>> back, I lost power and wasn't able to get over 40 mph. At a stop
>> light it died. When I started it back up as the light turned green,
>> I returned to full power for a while until turning left and I went
>> down again. Lots of blue smoke on starting it back up.
>>
>>
>> It reeks of gas when driving along. I'm just running the gas that
>> came in the tank when I bought the car.
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