Re: [T3] Engine flooding...

[William Kunz <satchel18@yahoo.com>]

Speaking of which, does your car have idle cut-off
valves installed - I do not have these installed on
either carb. Should they be?

> Did you resynchronise them afterward?  - I did not.
I will also put this on my 'to do" list.

Thanks for the input, Ben!

--- Ben Doughney <ben_d@clear.net.nz> wrote:
> on 3/6/2003 3:26 PM, William Kunz at
> satchel18@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > I'll re-check the chokes but I'm pretty confident
> > they're wound all the way open. How do I check if
> the
> > jets were replaced with larger ones? Is it
> obvious?
> 
> The main jet is a bit hard to get to without taking
> the tops of the carbs
> off, but you can get to the idle jets easily. They
> are installed on the
> outside side of the engine, and can be removed with
> an 8mm spanner. I think
> they should be g50.
> 
> Speaking of which, does your car have idle cut-off
> valves installed
> (cylindrical looking things screwed into the carbs
> with a single wire coming
> off each)? If it does, with the ignition on, but the
> engine not running,
> pull the wire off each one in turn, touch the wire
> back onto the terminal
> again, it should make a click noise. If one of them
> don't that will cause
> your car to die at idle, and either the valve or
> wiring is bad.
> 
> > I did adjust the idle recently. I did so because
> after
> > the engine was hot it would not idle after I came
> to a
> > stop. I adjusted the idle screws and the idle air
> > screws while taking a reading from a tach/dwell
> meter
> > (600?). Could I be way off on the settings?
> 
> Did you resynchronise them afterward?
> 
> Ben Doughney
> 
> '75 1200L
> '63 1200 - Ringo
> '71 1600TL
> '65 1500N - Val
> 
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> 
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