mike smith1
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posted on 11/8/08 at 02:06 PM |
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Intermittent Miss Fire
Hi All,
On the way to and from Peterborough yesterday the car had an intermittent miss fire, it did it about 4 times in total only for a few seconds, when it
happend as soon as you backed off the gas and on again it went, any ideas?
Mike
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jambojeef
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posted on 11/8/08 at 03:03 PM |
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Sounds like fuel starvation perhaps.?
Could it be you are running a little low on fuel?
I havent got a swirl pot in my tank and experience something similar on lowish fuel levels. Im presuming the cause on mine is that the pump takes a
gulp of air every so often and cant meet the demand from the carbs.
Feel a misfire - Back off - fuel sloshes around a bit and gets picked up by the pump + demand is lower - car feels ok again.
Just a thought.
Geoff
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mike smith1
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posted on 11/8/08 at 03:39 PM |
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Cheers Geoff, plenty of fuel in the tank during the whole trip, think i'm gonna get it set up on the rollers and see wat they say.
Mike
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simoto
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posted on 12/8/08 at 10:09 AM |
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If it was sort of chuntering and not clearing properly when coming off idle under load then worn emulsion tubes are a possibility too.
hth si
striker/blade now complete, thanks to all on this site.
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