[NOBBC] Any thoughts on a starting issue?

[wendell bain]

Greg,

I have a Fiat 124 Spider that on occasion will experience the symptoms
you describe. Usually within a couple of minutes it is running on all  
four
again. This usually happens in the cold, damp months of the year. The  
plugs
are dark and gas fouled. You can smell it.
First of all have you changed/worked on anything in the near past?
Timing, carb. adj., etc. If so check what you did first.
Is yours an AC, Bristol, or Ford engine??
If you haven't changed anything it just might be letting it sit too  
long.
The compression check might be a good idea.
Hope this helps.

Wendell
59 Morgan

On Jul 1, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Greg Badano wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am hoping I can get some possible trouble shooting
> suggestions for diagnosing a starting issue that has recently  
> developed with
> my car.  It starts up almost immediately but it's not firing on all
> cylinders.  It will lope along for a few minutes this way and then  
> I can hear
> and feel the missing cylinder(s?) start to kick in here and there  
> until it
> finally all six are firing the way they should and it idles  
> smoothly at 500
> RPM.  Revs and drives just fine after this initial rough period as  
> well.  It
> does this consistently if it has been sitting a while.  I pulled  
> all the
> plugs, cleaned and re-gapped them thinking perhaps one was fouled.   
> For what
> it is worth they were all pretty dark.  Maybe this is related and  
> maybe not.
>
> Any thoughts on what might be going or how I might isolate the  
> problem?
>
> Thanks in advance for any thoughts and suggestions.
>
> Greg
> 1959 AC Aceca
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