Engine cut out at junction
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Hi, my Ford Escort XR3 carb. is getting problematic.
The engine runs really warm and it has trouble keeping a sensible temp through towns. On motorways in this weather it sits at quarter temp as would be expected.
Recently it keeps cutting out at junctions when warm, it just wont idle right.
And today it's top speed was a full 35mph lower than usual. Poor thing is getting ill.
It is overdue a service, last December the head gasket went so it had a service 12 months ago.
I have new plugs to go in, and will be buying leads, dizzy cap rotor arm.
A mechanic messed with it trying to trouble shoot what turned out to be a faulty fuel pick up unit in petrol tank, he twisted my distributer now it bogs down for 3 seconds when accelerating, before coming to life and having a decent smooth power curve. and he changed something that made it idle at a different speed, but it was fine for 2 months. Until now.
Also 12 months later there is still (now and again) cream on filler cap, Im paranoid about the headgasket! In 6 months the expansion tank is just nearing the min mark :/
The engine runs really warm and it has trouble keeping a sensible temp through towns. On motorways in this weather it sits at quarter temp as would be expected.
Recently it keeps cutting out at junctions when warm, it just wont idle right.
And today it's top speed was a full 35mph lower than usual. Poor thing is getting ill.
It is overdue a service, last December the head gasket went so it had a service 12 months ago.
I have new plugs to go in, and will be buying leads, dizzy cap rotor arm.
A mechanic messed with it trying to trouble shoot what turned out to be a faulty fuel pick up unit in petrol tank, he twisted my distributer now it bogs down for 3 seconds when accelerating, before coming to life and having a decent smooth power curve. and he changed something that made it idle at a different speed, but it was fine for 2 months. Until now.
Also 12 months later there is still (now and again) cream on filler cap, Im paranoid about the headgasket! In 6 months the expansion tank is just nearing the min mark :/
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