At 02:22 PM 11/19/97 MDT, Ron Offley...NMSU-A Chemistry wrote:
>Hi, I'm new to the net, but have lots of fixing time on TR3s and
>TR6s
>
>Have an idle problem on a 71 TR6 Stromberg carbs, vacuum retard
>distributor. With the engine warmed up, the idle is at 2000 with
>the idle screws full off....
>
>I've checked the obvious things....vacuum leaks....float valves
>stuck.... mixture needles sticking.....timing way off.....
>
>The problem was intermittant for about 6 months, now it is a
>perminant idle problem.....and I don't get much engine braking
>coming down the mountain in the mornings.
>
>Just want an easy fix, obviously if I overhauled, dismantled,
>cleaned, scrubbed, and worried those carbs....maybe it would be
>better.....but.....
>
>
>Ron Offley
>Chemistry, NMSU-Alamogordo
>Alamogordo NM 88325
>(505)437-3765
>
Ron,
How 'bout the bypass valve? Its supposed to act like a dashpot under
deceleration, but if it fails, your symptoms are as you described.
Easy fix is to replace it. Messing with it is not recommended.
Atwell (Buff) Haines
'79 Spitfire FM 96062
Succasunna, NJ USA
CarBuff@scooter.net
"There are three types of people in this world:
those that are good with numbers, and those that aren't."
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