stalling engine

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 12:16 am

Looking at a stock 1600 engine and i'm curious why it's stalling.
It idles great and revs up great as well. But after being reved up to anything above idle and letting go of the throttle the engine rpm just seems to die down until it stalls. It seems that the carb has trouble going back to the idle circuit.

what would be causing this problem in the carb? or could it be something else. The engine has a new coil and also a new fuel pump

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

Michael

Pillow · Post by **Pillow** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 6:28 am

Sounds like a carb tuning issue.

Is the carb clean internally? If not rebuild it.

Follow your Bentley manual (or Haynes) to tune the idle correctly.

It takes practice to get these things tuned right so be patient.

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rich2481 · Post by **rich2481** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 6:42 am

could be a vacuum leak also, if it is a dual port, check the rubber boots. you can spray carb cleaner around and listen to the idle speed.
I assume point gap and timing is all okay,
I would also check into rebuilding the carb.

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 2:23 pm

Great.. I can't really do any checks on it right now since i'm just looking at the SC. I was just curious what might be invovled in fixing it.

Thanks guys!

Michael

ray greenwood · Post by **ray greenwood** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 2:17 pm

Sounds like the float setting may be a bit too high...or the top gasket may be leaking and pulling fuel into the throat. Ray