James wrote:
> My car stalls, when the tickover is normal its about 800 rpm,
> but when the engins warm (a miles drive) it alway stalls.
>
> I have found a way of suppressing it, this is to take off
> and block up the engin brether, carb side, and leave the
> engin side open.
>
> There is a definat flow of are from the breather, is this normal?
Likely, this is venting of ring blow-by and is normal (to an extent)
> This air is damp, should it be?
You may have some residual coolant in the oil. If you changed the oil
when the engine was cold, the coolant likely had separated and was under
the iol (oil floats on water). Draining the oil will leave small
amounts of coolant in the recesses of the pan. Remove the valve cover
and see if there is a film of homogenized oil/woater micture clinging to
the insides of it. If the leak has been stopped and you still have
coolant in the oil it will show up as a milky color after the engine
warms up. Change the oil when the engine is hot and the coolant has
thoroughly mixed with the oil. It may take a few more oil changes to
purge all the coolant from the oil system.
> When fitting the head gasget there was a slight coolent leak,
> but I fixed this and canged the oil, and it has been OK for
> 300 miles.
>
> I reasently put on a diferent distributer, but because the
> centrafugal advance does not actuate at 600-800 I presume
> that this is not it.
>
> The timing seems correct, I have used both static and
> dynamic methods.
>
> When it stalls it just fades out.
>
> The engin will not go over 4500 rmp in second.
>
> It was tuned quite well, and is balanced correctly.
>
> Any ideas, it's starting to get to me, because I can
> normaly figure thing out.
James,The problem sounds to me like it is related to the carburetor. It
may be that something in the unit is either worn or clogged. Have you
inspected it thoroughly?
Joe Curry
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