Ghost in the machine (was Quickie TB cleaning)

[Larry Martin]

Just to add further to the confusion....  Mine seems to take a spell each summer where it will start just fine when it's cold (first start of the day) and run fine, no problem.  But then when it is shut off for a period of 20-30 minutes or so (after fully warmed) it will restart with a very lumpy idle or not idle at all and either die instantly or when trying to drive away.  Press in the clutch pedal without accelerator pedal, as in stopping, it would die.  The fix?  Same as the earlier discussion - floor the accelerator and wait for it to clear its throat. This works but only if some time is allowed for it to "settle out" so to speak.  So, heat soak causing fuel problem?  Sounds again like a carbureted car in some respects.  But then the problem seems to go away only to return at some random time later.  Oooooooo
Fuel filter is always replaced far ahead of time, like once a year, just for grins.  Makes me wonder about the canister or other possibilities in the evap system.

Larry Martin

--- On Wed, 3/9/11, Jeff Hager <submarinesammy at yahoo.com> wrote:


I'll jump in here.
I had a similar problem years ago and I think Grover pointed me to a message to help me out.  I found that the car runs rich when cold started (duh) and I was just starting it an moving it around in the driveway.  I hadn't driven it any distance in 3 months and was moving it to mow or get other cars around in the garage.  I had the same symptoms as the initial post.  After moving the car 4 times and never letting it run more than 30 seconds, it would not start.  It reminded me of a flooded carb'd car (strong unburnt smell at the exhaust etc.)  My solution was to change the oil and check the other fluids then get fresh gas and drive the crap out of it for 50 miles.  Also check the temperature sensor
 but that would typically cause the car to run rich after it was warm.
Jeff





      
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