Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!

Post by **5lab** » 01 Apr 2005 02:21 pm

i've got a car with all the bits in

i wouldnt worry about letting hot air in when you 'shouldnt' - the car will just run a *tad* rich, probably not enough to make a difference..

Post by **december_boy** » 01 Apr 2005 03:45 pm

http://bangernomics.tripod.com/breakdown.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/mai ... rjon24.xml

Those are the sites what I found the information on - I hope it is that this bloody pipe is missing!

Post by **december_boy** » 04 Apr 2005 09:26 am

Well I looked for this silver cardboard like pipe... and of course it was completely missing except for a remnant near the air filter.

I took that to Halfords and got some similar ducting for £3.79.... and it seems to have done the business.

As with all old cars though, it seems to have introduced its own issues as the car seems to be running slightly rich - is this to be expected now that the air filter and carb are getting the correct flow of hot air?

Is it easy to tweak these things on an old 340?

Post by **5lab** » 04 Apr 2005 09:29 am

how do you know its running rich? is it just the fuel consumption? check the choke operation is working fine and opening fully - apart from that when the engine is driving it is pretty unlikely it will run rich, and pretty hard to fix if it is

Post by **december_boy** » 04 Apr 2005 09:54 am

Just seems slighty.... chuggy? If that's a word?

Post by **5lab** » 04 Apr 2005 10:59 am

just at idle? what are the revs running at?

Post by **december_boy** » 04 Apr 2005 11:01 am

No... when driving. Just a very slight amount.

No rev counter on my model.... I'm sure it's fine - I'll get it sorted. I need to take some longer journeys just to make sure that it has stopped conking out!

Post by **foggyjames** » 04 Apr 2005 03:05 pm

Initial throttle response is governed by your idle micture, but if it still doesn't pull with your foot to the floor, then it's something else.

cheers

James

Post by **fidgad** » 08 Apr 2005 04:53 pm

Check out the idle solenoid! See my posting 'like a watch'.