Peugeot 205 XS running troubles

[Braintax]

Hi guys,

I've just picked up an '89 205 XS, the car is totally original and in decent overall condition.

I've got a suspicion that the car is running overly rich, It requires no choke and minimal throttle to start, when it does it'll cough and splutter till about 2000 rpm for a few seconds, eventually getting smoother until it is useable.

Once warm the car runs great and seems to be very keen, no smoke of any sort (bar a small blue puff at startup - valve stem seals I suspect).

However the car tends to stall at traffic lights or if I dip the clutch in for long enough, strangely though if I rev the car to around 1000rpm for a few seconds it'll then idle perfectly!

It's the TU3S engine with a Solex 32/34 twin choke carb

I've replaced the dizzy cap, leads, plugs and air filter.

Any thoughts on what I should be looking into next?

Cheers

[one eyed mick]

Choke flap stuck/sticking ? a good dose of carbcleaner may work wonders

[Braintax]

Good point, I haven't looked at the position of the choke or the linkage in detail, I'm going to pick up some carb cleaner tonight and have a good old spray

[Old Merc]

Has it been idle for a while? or not used much? After giving it all a good dose of carb` cleaner make sure the small hole in the breather pipe union is not blocked.Also don't forget the ignition timing is adjustable on those old carb` models.Then give it a good thrashing for ten miles or so to "clean the engine" it can work wonders.

[Braintax]

It's been in frequent use for the past couple of weeks, I'll go over all the hoses tonight and triple check there are no obvious leaks. Could well be a timing issue I suppose.

I'll be changing the belt and water pump soon so hopefully those sort of issues should be obvious at that time.

Looking forward to a good old Italian tuneup tonight