Hesistates and spudders .. Barely starts
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Hesistates and spudders .. Barely starts
First I will tell you how it happeded. I was going up a steap hill in 3600 rpm.. Bang and It spudered home.. I changed fuel filter got good gas in it. Inspected all vacume lines. Spark plugs look good. What was the Bang I cant figure it out. Any Ideas???
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Imma have to say since u were on a steep hill the carb dumped a little extra fuel in and thus u Fireballed. Fuel in ur exhaust and it ignit, doesnt do much damage if any(depends on ur exhaust setup) As for sputtering i would suggest checking ur cat(if u have one) the fireball may have broke it up and clogged it. Or check ur carb. Only things i can think of
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The worst part of this problem is that the car is 110 miles away from where I live on farm land so I dont have a proper garage around and I cant get out there very often. I am goin there this weekend for 4 days so all the extra Ideas are welcome and hopefully I will be driving it home on Mon
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Cat is your catalytic convertor. Right after your exhaust manifold is where they are. Theres 3 of them usually. Id say try cleaning the carb thou, maybe a rebuild is in order, not sure, maybe sterilng or carl will come around and give some info
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When the cat fried in my old truck it ran ok at low speeds and like garbage above 40ish. I don't know if this would translate to a rotary, but I hear it is a common trait when a cat goes.
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Well, I went and got it running which is good. It has a loss of power and I think it needs to be timmed.. I decided to sell it is anyone interested in a 83 rx?
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