My engine specs are in my sig. They include a mallory unilite (small cap).
My issue: Car runs fine unless I drive it for a bit and then the idle gets progressivly worse. It always runs a little rough when I start it since I have no choke and am running rhodes lifters.
Once it warms up (5 to 10 minutes of driving) it idles just fine.
Add another 10 or more minutes and the idle starts to flutter and gets progressivly worse. To the point it almost won't idle in gear. I get some diesel kind of smell out of it when it is doing this.
A little history:
A couple of weeks ago it all of the sudden ran really rough at an intersection. I barely made it across. I parked it for a bit, fired it back up and it ran fine. I thought I was low on gas so I filled it up but it only took like 10 gallons.
The next day I went to drive it to work. It started and ran fine but about 3 miles from home it started running rough again at an intersection. Then it was almost undrivable. Lots of missing even at speed. Accelleration was strained and I had to baby it up to speed. I had it towed home and while checking things out I took off the distributor cap and the broken center contact fell out in pieces. I replaced the cap and the car ran like normal.
I parked it at a location I was a little concerned about so I disconnected the 3 prog connector between the coil and distributor. (I do this a lot)
Plugged it back in and drove it home no problems.
Next day I take the car to work. While pulling out of the neighborhood it died. The connector came apart. I reattached it and it started and I drove on. Then, again making left turn and getting on it a little, it died again. Once again the connector had come apart. I realized I had ran it over the fuel rail instead of under. I ran it under again and drove away, no problems. Got all the way to work and it was fine. Running over the fuel line there isn't much slack in the wire, I think the engine would torque just enough to pull it back apart.
I drove it a few more times to work and such. Probably 120 miles total with no problems.
Then the problem started just a couple of days ago. Temp is fine. I checked all of the wires. I even went ahead an replaced the cap with another new one while the problem was happening and it didn't fix it.
Plenty of gas, bowls are not over flowing. I am going to do drive it some more and see what happens.
My issue: Car runs fine unless I drive it for a bit and then the idle gets progressivly worse. It always runs a little rough when I start it since I have no choke and am running rhodes lifters.
Once it warms up (5 to 10 minutes of driving) it idles just fine.
Add another 10 or more minutes and the idle starts to flutter and gets progressivly worse. To the point it almost won't idle in gear. I get some diesel kind of smell out of it when it is doing this.
A little history:
A couple of weeks ago it all of the sudden ran really rough at an intersection. I barely made it across. I parked it for a bit, fired it back up and it ran fine. I thought I was low on gas so I filled it up but it only took like 10 gallons.
The next day I went to drive it to work. It started and ran fine but about 3 miles from home it started running rough again at an intersection. Then it was almost undrivable. Lots of missing even at speed. Accelleration was strained and I had to baby it up to speed. I had it towed home and while checking things out I took off the distributor cap and the broken center contact fell out in pieces. I replaced the cap and the car ran like normal.
I parked it at a location I was a little concerned about so I disconnected the 3 prog connector between the coil and distributor. (I do this a lot)
Plugged it back in and drove it home no problems.
Next day I take the car to work. While pulling out of the neighborhood it died. The connector came apart. I reattached it and it started and I drove on. Then, again making left turn and getting on it a little, it died again. Once again the connector had come apart. I realized I had ran it over the fuel rail instead of under. I ran it under again and drove away, no problems. Got all the way to work and it was fine. Running over the fuel line there isn't much slack in the wire, I think the engine would torque just enough to pull it back apart.
I drove it a few more times to work and such. Probably 120 miles total with no problems.
Then the problem started just a couple of days ago. Temp is fine. I checked all of the wires. I even went ahead an replaced the cap with another new one while the problem was happening and it didn't fix it.
Plenty of gas, bowls are not over flowing. I am going to do drive it some more and see what happens.
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