Non idling

gillberry · Post by **gillberry** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:20 pm

Hi all we have a mk2 auto and at the moment she won't idle unless the choke is pulled out nearly full and she dies after a short while because she is too rich , she revs fine and drives along fine but as soon as you take your foot off the throttle she dies . At the moment I'm thinking carb problem and as its the original solex is it worth getting a new carb or messing with the jets on this one ?

sceptre511 · Post by **sceptre511** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:28 pm

Its probably just a blocked idle jet,its pretty straight forward to unscrew the jets and blow them through,if you haven't got a compressor,use a footpump with a pointy air bed type nozel on it and a good stamp on the pump usually does the trick.I don't want to be cheaky but have you checked the idle adjustment screw...
I haven't had these carbs on my car ,i had twin dcoe webers before i used fuel injection on my Sceptre and the idle jets often got blocked up.
Good Luck
Oliver

gillberry · Post by **gillberry** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:56 pm

Thanks for the reply , defintely not the idle screw (played with that) did wonder if it was the jets getting clogged up .

vqdave · Post by **vqdave** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:24 am

TBH your prob sounds different to mine as mine died as i pulled away, she idled fine, but just in case have you checked your fuel pump? Is it pumping enough petrol though? I ended up geting a refurb kit from speedies and doing that and it worked fine.

As i say your prob sounds the oppo to mine but thought it worth a mention.

I reckon it sounds like a blocked jet as said before, give teh whole thing a good clean.