Back in town after 3 weeks overseas, and decided to take the LBC for a
joyride. Funny thing happened. Now, this car has sat, for over 3 weeks,
untouched, undriven on a inclined driveway.
Today when I tried to start it, it was obviously having problems, would
almost fire, but not quite, pulling the choke full out / 1/2 out, 1/4 out
didn't seem to make a difference. When it finally fired, it ran very
poorly, very very rich. I could see the carbon / fumes pouring out of the
tailpipe. it ran only with foot on throttle, holding at least to 2000 rpm.
Foot off - no idle, just a fume belching stall.
Now, in April it was running rich, but running quite well none-the-less.
Over time I leaned it out so the plugs were tan, and since that time I've
put 600 -800 miles on it, with no adjustments.
I pulled the plugs today, and both 2 & 5 were excessively sooty.
So, since I haven't touched anything lately, and it's suddenly running very
rich, what else should I be looking at for a cause? The compensators (the
long plastic one, the smaller roundish one? Could these seize-up, dry out,
or anything like that.
All advice needed; I've got 2 days to fix it before I finally return to
work.
Thanks
Ken
CF7000U0
73 TR6
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