Odmark
Well-known member
Okay so here is the deal.
Yesterday i left the car idling to build temp. It started perfect as usual and idled smooth. Then after a while it started to run rough, and then rougher and rougher and eventually it died.
After this it became incredibly hard to start, it felt like it was drenched in fuel. Eventually i got it running (still barely idling) so i took it for a spin to burn som excessive fuel.
When i gave it WOT it misfired BADLY, and the bangs where extremely loud and sounded very odd. Not like any misfire i heard before.
Took the car home, checked timing, adjusted the carb a bit. And it smoothened out. Took it for a drive again and it ran much better. But still misfiring a bit starting from like 3500rpm and also a bit hard to start when warm.
Home again, notes that some of the sparkplugs are cracked so i removed them all and installed new ones today. The plugs removed were all perfectly brown indicating good combustion.
Now it runs slightly better once more... Easy to start when hot, works perfectly for normal driving.
Still when i floor it it gives 2-3 small misfires and then it hauls. So it only misfires/hesitates at WOT.
I also noted a small amount of steam coming from the passenger side bank crank breather that i havent seen before. No pressure though.
Do you guys have any idea? The day before it started acting up i got a call from a man who wanted to do a trade with me for the cougar, so i really need to adress this problem or at least find the cause of it so i can call the deal off...
Yesterday i left the car idling to build temp. It started perfect as usual and idled smooth. Then after a while it started to run rough, and then rougher and rougher and eventually it died.
After this it became incredibly hard to start, it felt like it was drenched in fuel. Eventually i got it running (still barely idling) so i took it for a spin to burn som excessive fuel.
When i gave it WOT it misfired BADLY, and the bangs where extremely loud and sounded very odd. Not like any misfire i heard before.
Took the car home, checked timing, adjusted the carb a bit. And it smoothened out. Took it for a drive again and it ran much better. But still misfiring a bit starting from like 3500rpm and also a bit hard to start when warm.
Home again, notes that some of the sparkplugs are cracked so i removed them all and installed new ones today. The plugs removed were all perfectly brown indicating good combustion.
Now it runs slightly better once more... Easy to start when hot, works perfectly for normal driving.
Still when i floor it it gives 2-3 small misfires and then it hauls. So it only misfires/hesitates at WOT.
I also noted a small amount of steam coming from the passenger side bank crank breather that i havent seen before. No pressure though.
Do you guys have any idea? The day before it started acting up i got a call from a man who wanted to do a trade with me for the cougar, so i really need to adress this problem or at least find the cause of it so i can call the deal off...