Bad running

[Seandenyer]

Merry Christmas all, hope you can help me out, Chimaera ticks over great, you can rev it and still sounds great but go for a drive and revs start dying and wants to cut out, has anyone any ideas what I should be looking at,,, many thanks

[QBee]

Just measured the piece of string and the answer is 47.29 metres.

But the most likely are air, fuel and electrics.

Nearly blocked fuel filter.
Dying alternator.
Cracked 100 amp fuse.
Blocked air filter.
Collapsed air intake pipe.
Failing coil or ignition amplifier.

The key thing is to work logically through the various systems.

[QBee]

Second answer - Southways.

Some times it is better to take it to a man who knows, rather than throw time and money at it yourself.

If you are an RAC member, you could go for a drive and break down......most RAC guys have had their own garage businesses and are pretty good at diagnostics.

[Seandenyer]

QBee said:

Just measured the piece of string and the answer is 47.29 metres.

But the most likely are air, fuel and electrics.

Nearly blocked fuel filter.
Dying alternator.
Cracked 100 amp fuse.
Blocked air filter.
Collapsed air intake pipe.
Failing coil or ignition amplifier.

The key thing is to work logically through the various systems.

Thanks just found that the vacuum hose connector on the distributor end was split and pipe had come away so fingers crossed, weather too crap to try it yet though.