Was driving along and engine cut out, got it going and it blew some smoke out abit further on and it died again this time fired her up and she started blowing black smoke and backfiring and popping then died and wouldn't fire gout it up to the garage and took plugs out and they were soaked got it going its firing and running but really rough and blowing smoke and popping.
Any ideas?
Uh oh!
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Re: Uh oh!
When it's running does it sound tractorish and like it has a misfire?
How old are the plugs?
How old are the plugs?
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Re: Uh oh!
Yup pretty much! Plugs aah the plugs are about 6 years old they have only done a few thousand miles it would appear they where not changed when I got the car back on the road this time around so that is the first thing todo tomorrow.captainbizzaro wrote:When it's running does it sound tractorish and like it has a misfire?
How old are the plugs?
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Re: Uh oh!
swap your leading coil for your trailing coil.... if the leading goes down, you will get these symptoms.... it'll run ok ish on the leading only but it'll run dog rough on just the trailing.
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Re: Uh oh!
ian65 wrote:swap your leading coil for your trailing coil.... if the leading goes down, you will get these symptoms.... it'll run ok ish on the leading only but it'll run dog rough on just the trailing.
Ok thanks I'll try that
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Re: Uh oh!
What's wrong with the carb?RX_EJA wrote:where can i get gaskets for the carb?
I've got some but you can reuse the old ones if you're gentle.
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I think its sucking air in, when i took the carb apart the other day I damaged the gasket, got a suspicion it might be that causing it, also when you lift the carb off completely it sits on a metal plate with 2 holes, it looks like there should be a gasket there to!TOOL wrote:What's wrong with the carb?RX_EJA wrote:where can i get gaskets for the carb?
I've got some but you can reuse the old ones if you're gentle.
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if you go to my thread about oil leak there is a photo there that shows the relevant bitTOOL wrote:2 holes?
Pictures will help a lot.