Another problem with the new Spit 1500 (1978, no OD, new engine with less
than 100 miles on it). The car starts easily and idles at 800 RPM (per
original owners manual). After about 3 minutes of standing-still,
out-of-gear, never-touched-the-accelerator idle, the engine RPM leaps
spontanously to about 2500 and sits there. Knocking the little levers and
screws on the carb (single) doesn't do a thing. The one remedy I've found is
a quick depression of the throttle to take the RPM briefly to about 5000,
after which the idle drops back to 800. In the 15 minutes of so I've waited
after this maneuver it does not rev up on its own again. If this is some
problem related to the emissions control system, I'm not sure how much of
those devices are left after modifications by the PO(s). It just doesn't
seem like this is something the engine should do on its own...and if there's
something to adjust I would like to attend to it. ((I know, I know:
"there's always something to adjust on a LBC")). Thanks in advance for any
suggestions.
Ed Kolb
1978 Spitfire 1500
emkolb@aol.com
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