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Fails to idle when hot [Solved]
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<blockquote data-quote="owent2005" data-source="post: 607511" data-attributes="member: 24476"><p>Hi,</p><p>Thanks for the thoughts guys, yep to check each item I swapped them out and still had the same problem, I haven’t checked under the points though. </p><p>I have taken out the idle valve and cleaned it and this didn’t do anything although I swapped the valve for one with slightly larger holes. The result was that it idled but I couldn’t get it less than 1600rpm. I originally timed it with a strobe at both idle and max advanced.</p><p>The original problem was with an electronic ignition fitted I was driving along and then got nothing, at first I thought it was the accelerator cable or fuel. The breakdown man said it was the signal from the ignition back to the coil had failed which seemed to be backed up by the way the van ran when I put the old dizzy back in. Unfortunately I didn’t take it for a long drive to check everything and I didn’t notice the idle problem until I went for a drive a week after the breakdown.</p><p>I’m now thinking maybe where the idle jet screws into the carb?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="owent2005, post: 607511, member: 24476"] Hi, Thanks for the thoughts guys, yep to check each item I swapped them out and still had the same problem, I haven’t checked under the points though. I have taken out the idle valve and cleaned it and this didn’t do anything although I swapped the valve for one with slightly larger holes. The result was that it idled but I couldn’t get it less than 1600rpm. I originally timed it with a strobe at both idle and max advanced. The original problem was with an electronic ignition fitted I was driving along and then got nothing, at first I thought it was the accelerator cable or fuel. The breakdown man said it was the signal from the ignition back to the coil had failed which seemed to be backed up by the way the van ran when I put the old dizzy back in. Unfortunately I didn’t take it for a long drive to check everything and I didn’t notice the idle problem until I went for a drive a week after the breakdown. I’m now thinking maybe where the idle jet screws into the carb? [/QUOTE]
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