| Title: | Cars in the UK |
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| Moderator: | COMICS::SHELLEY ELD |
| Created: | Sun Mar 06 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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My wife's VW Santana 1800 has started to stall at junctions etc after is
is warmed up eg. 10 miles or so.
We recently had the 'Waxstat' replaced on the side of the carburettor,
but it seemed to go OK for a few days after that, and now we're getting
the trouble.
The plugs look OK.
Anyone any ideas what to look for?
Help!
Thanks, tim
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| 2356.1 | Tell us more... | CMOTEC::JASPER | Stuck on the Flypaper of Life | Fri Jan 06 1995 18:12 | 15 |
Could be anything, but
1. You say that you've just had a new Waxstat so its worth going back
to this area to check that nothing has worked loose. I guess this is an
auto choke gadget ?
2. The weather has suddenly become colder & maybe only now you are
seeing a symptom which has been latent for much longer e.g. tickover
too slow/worn carb.
3. Was "something else" done at the same time the stat was changed ?
Tony.
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| 2356.2 | Nothing else really | PEKING::GERRYT | Fri Jan 13 1995 16:47 | 18 | |
Thanks Tony,
Nothing else was changed, apart from one water pipe.
I have replaced the plugs and battery, and it seems a little better. On
idle, with the fan heater and rear windscreen heater on, the revs drop
to 600-700 rpm, and I think this is where the wife has trouble getting
the revs up enough before slipping the clutch to pull away eg. at
roundabouts/junctions.
It is an automatic choke with pull-down until ( replaced about a year
ago), model 2E2 carb.
The Haynes Manual is uselss for this sort of thing in my opinion!
Regards,
Tim
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| 2356.3 | Extra alternator load ??? | CMOTEC::JASPER | Stuck on the Flypaper of Life | Mon Jan 23 1995 18:23 | 8 |
Is your wife the only one to experience this problem ?
600 rpm seems a little low. Maybe this can be raised during the winter
period.
Tony.
(serious question).
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| 2356.4 | Seems Ok now | PEKING::GERRYT | Tue Jan 24 1995 17:44 | 15 | |
Thanks Tony.
The problem seems to be one with the carburretor.
Took it to a local garage, and he has taken the bottom half off and
cleaned/lubricated some of the valves which control vacuum setting
during gear-changing...supposed to smooth out the revving between gears
(over complicated carb really).
At the moment, it seems to be ticking over OK at about 1000rpm, so I'm
happier now.
If it plays up again, I'll take it back to the garage, as the mechanic
seemed to know what he was talking about.
Confidence restored again!
Cheers, Tim
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