odd symptoms

xirdneh · Post by **xirdneh** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:48 am

i drive nonstop 20 miles to work in the morning (no problem)
i drive home in the evening (no problem)
i drive a short distance (warm or barely warm engine) leave the car sit for one hour and when i take off it falls on its face. i cannot tell if the ignition stops or the flow of gas stops. if i drive slow it will keep going and if it dies i can restart it and manage to get where i want to go (slowly).
when i do get it up to speed the engine will feel erratic then nothing (total loss of power)
the weather has been 30-36 degrees lately but it did it now and then last summer too.
i changed carborators recently (no difference)

Typrus · Post by **Typrus** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:46 am

Ignitor? Maybe?
How is your distributor shaft doing? Playing the wobble game?

It might be worthwhile to do a single-advance dizzy and work with that. Not horribly expensive either. Save money versus a double-advance.

If you replaced the carb and it didn't help, I'd blame ignition.

takza · Post by **takza** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:58 am

Gas cap? Fuel filter? I once owned a Falcon that would just stop now and then...you'd have to wait 2-3 minutes and to restart it. I sold it.

xirdneh · Post by **xirdneh** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:31 am

takza wrote:Gas cap? Fuel filter? I once owned a Falcon that would just stop now and then...you'd have to wait 2-3 minutes and to restart it. I sold it.

i replaced the fuel filter and have not had the problen so far (3 weeks)