Folks,
had the car tuned about two weeks ago. Was driving along nice and fine and then in traffic the engine got really sluggish and sounding like a poor sewing machine. I can get to 60 in 4th gear, but need a downhill run to get near 100, but if there is a lsight rise, I drop speed like crazy.
It starts okay, sounds a wee bit rough, has a new tank of fuel (Vortex) - filled up literally 800m after it started. No real oil smoke in exhaust.
Any suggestions? I am planning to take it back to my mecghanics on Wed, but am still in storm cleanup mode at the moment.
Cheers

could be a timing problem...
Loose connection - check coil leads -
distributor cap - rotor inside the cap..
burnt points..

does it idle OK???


carburetor blockage??

could be a problem with the accelerator pump..
maybe a cracked diaphram??
this would let the engine idle but not accelerate too well
if at all...[if completely blocked]

I wouldn't say it was the mechanics fault - just something that can happen...

Air Filter NOT blocked..?
even a bad connection with the ignition switch could cause the problem... have a relay installed to stop this..

cheers

LEE

defective points fuchtnbrokn? Plug lead not on properly?

did you fill up 800m before or after it started running rough? If it was before, you have a bad fill of fuel

had a very same thing happen to me a few years back turned out to be a spark plug lead had come off very hard to see only found it buy pulling on the leads
good luck

Sorted,
thanks folks.
Was damn simple in the end. Was running rough before I filled up, but was still running.
So when it was cold this morning I took a look (it was also a good excuse to not start cleaning up again after the flooding).

Checked the distributor, looked fine,
Checked the spark leads, they were all on, no plugs were loose, then I saw it.......
the damn linkage to the right hand carbie was off in the middle. I reset if onto the pivot point and voilah!! It all worked fine

that'll do it every time