Car dies after warmed up?
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Car dies after warmed up?
Hopefully a 1st gen whiz can help me out here, Ive got a buddy whos looking to sell me his 1st gen. Cosmetically its flawless. He said the problem with it is whenever it get warmed up, it dies. Is this a common easily fixable problem? Sounds to me like its a stuck choke. Its an 81. My daily driver just lost oil pressure and threw a main bearing so im looking for a replacement asap.
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Originally Posted by TonyTurboII
Hopefully a 1st gen whiz can help me out here, Ive got a buddy whos looking to sell me his 1st gen. Cosmetically its flawless. He said the problem with it is whenever it get warmed up, it dies. Is this a common easily fixable problem? Sounds to me like its a stuck choke. Its an 81. My daily driver just lost oil pressure and threw a main bearing so im looking for a replacement asap.
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Properly running engine will tend to rev higher once warmed up, not lower, so if idle was adjusted while cold, it would only rev higher once wamed up, but nice try Sterling.
I agree however that a tune-up, i.e. idle mix, idle speed and TIMING adjustment is probably what it needs.
I agree however that a tune-up, i.e. idle mix, idle speed and TIMING adjustment is probably what it needs.
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what rpm does it idle at when you start it back up...Mine does the same...I just had to do the idle and a/f screws until it got up to about 800rpm or so.....Before, I was idling at around 200<sigh>
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Originally Posted by cdrad51
Properly running engine will tend to rev higher once warmed up, not lower, so if idle was adjusted while cold, it would only rev higher once wamed up, but nice try Sterling.
I agree however that a tune-up, i.e. idle mix, idle speed and TIMING adjustment is probably what it needs.
I agree however that a tune-up, i.e. idle mix, idle speed and TIMING adjustment is probably what it needs.
Cold idle should be LOWER than warm idle... unless I've been into the cheep Crack again...
My wife's S model idles arond 1800 when cold and 800 when warm...
My GSL-SE idled around 2k when cold and 600 when warm... Before the engine died....
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Originally Posted by cdrad51
Properly running engine will tend to rev higher once warmed up, not lower, so if idle was adjusted while cold, it would only rev higher once wamed up, but nice try Sterling.
I agree however that a tune-up, i.e. idle mix, idle speed and TIMING adjustment is probably what it needs.
I agree however that a tune-up, i.e. idle mix, idle speed and TIMING adjustment is probably what it needs.
So you make it run super rich so it runs like a champ when its cold and you think its going to have a HIGHER idle when its warmed up from being really rich??? Nice try cdrad51
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Originally Posted by hornbm
So you make it run super rich so it runs like a champ when its cold and you think its going to have a HIGHER idle when its warmed up from being really rich??? Nice try cdrad51
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yeah idle MIXTURE, thats what sterling is talking about. If the guy made it run really rich by tuning it when it was cold so it ran really good, it'll run like crap when its warmed up.
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I went to check it out today, and we couldnt even get it to turn over. Another guy there said he couldnt get it to start the last three times hes tried. We put a jumper box on it and still nothing. I told him to call me if he can get it to turn over, atleast then I can test the compression. If he calls me I can report back about when and how it dies etc. The way he makes it sound is that it doesent run after its warm, but I dont know.
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Imnot sure how it acts when its started. I went over there to check it out, and some other guy was there. He said it hasnt started the past three times hes tried when other people came to look at it, and when we tried today it wouldnt even turn over. So im going to call my pal and tell him if he can get it to turn over Ill come back. Atleast then I can test the compression and get an idea wether or not its worth buying. The engine and bay are so clean its amazing, I wonder if the motor has been rebuilt. Theres a Rotary performance sticker under the hood, but its their old number.
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Alright, I just picked up a 82, and it has the same problem, but i will go into more detail...
when you start the car it idles around 1800 rpm, once it warms up and the rpms fall below 1000 it dies. as long as you give it gas it will stay running. and what i had to do on the drive home is to pull the choke when coming to a complete stop, to avoid left foot braking.
would the idle mixture be off?
this is originally a california car, so it has all the emissions junk installed, could that be the culprit?
I went out to check the idle speed adjustment, but it doesn't seem to be located where the manual states. above the mixture screw is a vacum line. again is this because of the CA Emissions?
when you start the car it idles around 1800 rpm, once it warms up and the rpms fall below 1000 it dies. as long as you give it gas it will stay running. and what i had to do on the drive home is to pull the choke when coming to a complete stop, to avoid left foot braking.
would the idle mixture be off?
this is originally a california car, so it has all the emissions junk installed, could that be the culprit?
I went out to check the idle speed adjustment, but it doesn't seem to be located where the manual states. above the mixture screw is a vacum line. again is this because of the CA Emissions?
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Originally Posted by IanS
idle speed is to the right of the a/f screw. Kinda hard to see it. Sounds like vacuum leak. Could be bad adjustment of carb also, like you were saying
I adjusted the mixture, and have it idliing steadlily @ 1k. the mixture screw was turned all the way in.
it's not perfect, but good enough to last until i can afford to have a professional set it. I don't like messing with carbs, unless they say Edelbrock and are mounted on a Chevy V8
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