- 1. Cutting out at speed (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Robson <absjmr@bath.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:09:37 +0100 (BST)
- Currently having more stress with my SIV, I had the carbs rejetted, balanced etc etc about 100 miles ago, since then the car ran increasingly bad, until it was discovered that the distributor was lo
- /html/alpines/2001-04/msg00269.html (7,974 bytes)
- 2. Re: Cutting out at speed (score: 1)
- Author: TIGEROOTES@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 08:15:55 EDT
- Remove your fuel pump (glass) bowl, and see if there are any little black specs settled in the pump. You may have a fuel delivery problem, and our fuel tanks are a notorious cause. They were painted
- /html/alpines/2001-04/msg00270.html (7,196 bytes)
- 3. RE: Cutting out at speed (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul and Susan Almjeld" <palmjeld@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:37:38 -0500
- Good advice Jim. Most of us who have had Alpines for a while have been victimized by the paint flakes. I use a fuel filter in line between the tanks and the fuel pump. By using the in line filter it
- /html/alpines/2001-04/msg00272.html (7,958 bytes)
- 4. Re: Cutting out at speed (score: 1)
- Author: "jumpin'jan" <servaij@cris.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 12:11:28 -0700
- If you see the black paint flakes in the fuel bowl, the twin tanks need to be reconditioned. The only way to do these correctly is to have a reputable shop that specializes in gas tanks do them. You
- /html/alpines/2001-04/msg00273.html (7,633 bytes)
- 5. Re: Cutting out at speed (score: 1)
- Author: "Louis & Laila" <bwana@c2i2.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 17:15:06 -0700
- Another possible problem is that your fuel pump is getting ready to "dump". I had the same problem, but wihtout any "Flakes". I hotwired an electric fuel pump, spliced between the fuel line to pump,
- /html/alpines/2001-04/msg00276.html (8,867 bytes)
- 6. Re: Cutting out at speed (score: 1)
- Author: JACranwell@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 04:53:56 EDT
- Check the polarity of the poles on the coil. If you've changed the car's polarity, this could have been missed. If wrong, the car will run for a while, but will burn out the points/condensor quickly.
- /html/alpines/2001-04/msg00277.html (7,229 bytes)
- 7. Re: Cutting out at speed (score: 1)
- Author: JACranwell@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 04:56:28 EDT
- The other possibility that occurred to was fuel. I've heard of similar trouble from people using LRP. I've avoided any such problems by using additives, instead of LRP. Regards, Julian.
- /html/alpines/2001-04/msg00278.html (6,958 bytes)
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