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Now whose clever?Help!!!
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:00 pm
by New_Boy_Traveller
Ok i had lots of problems but now the car fires! Then it goes into a continuos hum but doesnt actually start?
What to do?
N.B I am using unleaded as that was all i could get in a car that has been using replacement and has been running very rich!
Help somebody!!! What shall i try?
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:23 pm
by Matt
umm you might need to explain more what you mean, so it fires and dies? explain what you mean by a hum!
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:31 pm
by rayofleamington
Well I'm glad you got the lack-of-petrol problem sorted. What was it (empty tank or air getting into fuel line)?
As for fires but doesn't run, the first thing to do is clean up the spark plugs with a wire brush. I'd stopped bothering to do that as a first hit on a non-starter but learnt my lesson in January after wasting an hour trying to get Sid started; He ran 1st time straight on the key after I'd cleaned the plugs
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:41 pm
by New_Boy_Traveller
Got new plugs in it!
Gonna try puting a new fuel pipe from pump to carb as think it is leaking
Gonna just do general check and fiddle
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:43 pm
by rayofleamington
Well I'm glad you got the lack-of-petrol problem sorted. What was it (empty tank or air getting into fuel line)?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:31 pm
by bmcecosse
If you don't explain what's wrong - we can't help.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:18 pm
by Oh!
Has a similar problem with the Volvo. The engine fired once and then refused, there were sparks getting to all the right places at the right time and petrol was flowing.
Turned out to be a break in the low tension wire from the coil to the ignition switch. It wasnt a full break so occasionally fired the engine but then died.
A simple check is to use a bit of wire to connect the battery direct to the coil.
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