(CARB) Car won't hold idle
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(CARB) Car won't hold idle
So I have been having issues with my 7 lately and after checking most if not all reasons why my car is running funky (vaccum leaks, timing, etc.) I decided a carb rebuild was in order. I rebuilt it per FSM specifications and made sure to clean everything real good, could you believe how nasty and grimy it was?? Anyhoo I cleaned and rebuilt it but now my car won't keep an idle at all before it would idle but really rough. The float levels are correct or atleast they should be I haven't messed with them but no go. The car will run if I baby it with the gas pedal but once I let go of the throttle it dies immediately? Would could eye have overlooked thats causing me so much grief?? The car is a '79 with the stock nikki rats nest and all.
Also is the idle speed screw suppised to be lose when I unscrew it? Cause it seems really loose but Idk to be completly honest.
Anything that could put me on the right track to driving my baby how I used to would be much appreciated
Also is the idle speed screw suppised to be lose when I unscrew it? Cause it seems really loose but Idk to be completly honest.
Anything that could put me on the right track to driving my baby how I used to would be much appreciated
Last edited by DOWNHILLDRIVER; 12-13-17 at 10:08 PM.
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my car is a 1983 GS w/5 speed MT that clip is how the flot talks to the needle, when to raise and lower the needle to keep the fuel flowing smoothly. my quick fix was to take the top of the carb off and play/wiggle the needle around to unstick it and put it back together it would run just fine for a while and flood all over again, but from what I have read only a carb shop that wants to mess with RX 7 Nikkis will have the answer, rebuilding carbs on this car is my biggest headache and after hours of trying had to find a shop that would mess with them took it to them and after a couple days of tuning it worked like it came off the showroom.
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my car is a 1983 GS w/5 speed MT that clip is how the flot talks to the needle, when to raise and lower the needle to keep the fuel flowing smoothly. my quick fix was to take the top of the carb off and play/wiggle the needle around to unstick it and put it back together it would run just fine for a while and flood all over again, but from what I have read only a carb shop that wants to mess with RX 7 Nikkis will have the answer, rebuilding carbs on this car is my biggest headache and after hours of trying had to find a shop that would mess with them took it to them and after a couple days of tuning it worked like it came off the showroom.
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fuel flow problem, make sure you have fire(spark), compression, fuel, and air, too much fuel or air your car won't run, hence why your car won't start in the auto world this is referred to as a crank no start, and until someone who knows your carb better than I do see this, there is really nothing you can do besides finding a local first gen club in AZ that will help you out under the hood. also if your car is a 83 12A with a Nikki (the only RX 7 I know about) it should have them clips.
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fuel flow problem, make sure you have fire(spark), compression, fuel, and air, too much fuel or air your car won't run, hence why your car won't start in the auto world this is referred to as a crank no start, and until someone who knows your carb better than I do see this, there is really nothing you can do besides finding a local first gen club in AZ that will help you out under the hood. also if your car is a 83 12A with a Nikki (the only RX 7 I know about) it should have them clips.
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picture credit goes to https://www.rx7club.com/members/nofrills-171383/
Alright yea eye would have never guessed it went that eay ill try it right now, my carb has the air horn removed already
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Tbh eye tried doing it at first with the picture you put up but after getting really annoyed with how it would stick eye removed them haha. Still have the no idle issue though?? Itll run but only on throttle no idle without throttle smhh
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Also it runs with the choke on if that is useful information, but eye can't pull the choke out all the way or it revs to like 3 or 4k which eye dont want at a cold start smhh, if eye pull the choke out like half way it will idle at like 2k but if it drops lower than like 1700 rpm shes dies out :/
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I would check for vacuum leaks first of all. If the floats are at the right level by looking in the glass and not flooding out and so forth, I would suspect a vacuum leak. Go around the carb and make sure all the hoses are hooked up right. Pull the air filter and take a lot of pics and maybe we can help id something thats not right.
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I would check for vacuum leaks first of all. If the floats are at the right level by looking in the glass and not flooding out and so forth, I would suspect a vacuum leak. Go around the carb and make sure all the hoses are hooked up right. Pull the air filter and take a lot of pics and maybe we can help id something thats not right.
Alright man, eye just changed like all the vacuum hoses so eye will check them throughly again. Would you happen to know the main vac leak spots?
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I ran into the same problems you had after I rebuilt the carb. Spent a whole day diagnosing.
What I found is I had the air bleed jets backwards. They will both fit in the same spot. Pull off the top cover and pull out the FSM. Look at the jet sizes
Here is a picture for reference where I went wrong.
Hope this helps
What I found is I had the air bleed jets backwards. They will both fit in the same spot. Pull off the top cover and pull out the FSM. Look at the jet sizes
Here is a picture for reference where I went wrong.
Hope this helps
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So eye have finally gotten some time to check out my seven, I'll have to take some pics to show you guys my setup but im pretty sure evrrything should be correct. Still no idle, it has spark. and my compression reads 100 front 95ish back. So still a no go pics coming shortly if eye can figure out how to upload them from my phone no computer today :shrug:
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Is this needed? Cause it broke not too long ago and I’m not sure what it does. It’s the richer solenoid right? Could eye get a new one or am we better off trying to solder it?
more pics coming soon, Eye got her to idle but she’s idling at like 1500 to 2000 with no choke so yea that’s not right. It’s way out of idle range, I’m pretty sure the throttle plate isn’t stuck open a tad bit cause it closed shut when disassembled
more pics coming soon, Eye got her to idle but she’s idling at like 1500 to 2000 with no choke so yea that’s not right. It’s way out of idle range, I’m pretty sure the throttle plate isn’t stuck open a tad bit cause it closed shut when disassembled
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It looks like it s indeed the richer solenoid. Found this thread as I was curious. Many more experienced folks here can weigh in!
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generati...elete-1116372/
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generati...elete-1116372/
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