spluttering engine (910) (Read 382 times)

[retrorigg]

well touch wood think ive sorted it, put new points condensor and rotar arm on today, that didnt sort it so took carb off again and took it apart and cleaned every oriface and jet i could see, hey presto it seems to have cured it, ill know for defo tomorow when i start it from cold

[Talking Hoarse]

Yippee - well done. So Will was right ehh? We told you how clever and intuitive he is!
Just seen your post elsewhere about selling - ignore my plea for root cause explained above.
Ed

[retrorigg]

ahahaaa that was yesterday, i thought id cured it but i havent, went back today and its still doing it, ive had all week on it and still no better, it prob needs refurb kit

[retrorigg]

finally got it done, after 8 carbs strips, numourous hours trawling the net, hours in my garage, i think ive finally sussed it, it appears there was a blockage between the port where the second ball bearing goes and the spray hole itself, or it could have been the spray bar thingy that sits down the top of the carb with lots of little holes in it, cleaned these both out today and hey presto its running like a dream, thank bloody god, now i can start to actually enjoy the car

[gainsb1]

What was causing the blockage? Was it something that the fuel filter should have prevented or just a build up of grot over time? Did you take any snaps that could show which bit you're talking about? Sorry about firing the questions at you, it's just that it might help other in the future. Congratulations, by the way.

Leigh (Area rep)

[retrorigg]

i should have taken some pics but didnt, there was like a sort of carbon build up on the spray thing with lots of holes (sorry dont know what its called)i wiped it clean and forced carb cleaner through it, one thing i did learn was most of the gaskets/accelerator pump washers etc are the same as the hitachi dch 340 carb, might be worth noting because i couldnt actually get a gasket kit for the nikki carb but the hitachi kit was fairly easy to source as apposed to the nikki kit which was near on immpossible to get