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360 in Chile - Electric Problem ?? Please Help !!!!!
Posted: 20 Nov 2006 03:31 pm
by ChiCheng
I have a 1986 360 GLE, it's my first car and i have this trouble ... when i am driving, the engine of the car stops ... and i have to wait about 1 minute, and the car work fine ....
When the car don't work, i have test the electric part and there isn't electricity to the distribuitor.
Please help me, and sorry of my english ....
Greetings from Chile !!!!
Posted: 20 Nov 2006 05:28 pm
by 5lab
sounds like 'carb icing' - is the metal bendy pipe from the exhaust manifold to the air filter still in place?
Posted: 20 Nov 2006 10:39 pm
by IvanAE86
I had a similar problem with the GLT.. the fuses on the 300 series are notoriously unreliable. It's probably a bad contact on the fuse for the ignition.
The injected versions have a little box with fuses for the fuelpump which tend to give problems all the time (which is where it went wrong on my car).
When you track down the fuse, clean the contacts, replace the fuse and maybe coat the contacts in some grease (this is what the volvo mechanics over here recommend). If it keeps going bad, solder in a more reliable type of fuseholder..
Posted: 22 Nov 2006 04:36 pm
by ChiCheng
i check the fuelpump, and when i have the problem, this still work ... i will see the carb icing mentionated, could you give me more details to check it ???
thanks