Dear all,
Since completing my restoration of #68 in March this year we have had a mysterious running problem. Starting, tick-over, revving at a standstill are all fine, but when out on the road we seem to develop a running problem in that it almost stalls and refuses to pick up through the gears. This can happen after 100yds or 50 miles, just a random event. If we bring the car to a halt then we can freely rev the engine again, but when we move off it just stutters again. We have checked and renewed most obvious items under the bonnet including regulator, piping, etc, so we are now focusing on fuel pump and tank. Our current theory is that we have a faulty pump or we have some random rubbish floating around blocking the pump or tank pick-up pipe. So we are now renewing the pump (the current pump came with the car and looks pretty old), and then if that doesn’t solve the problem it’s off with the fuel tank to clean that out again. We did carry major repairs to the tank including internal sealer during restoration, but perhaps there's still some crud in there.
I've scanned through previous posts and it's clear the Turbo does present running challenges, but if anyone has other suggestions of things we should check they would be gratefully welcomed. Of course we are hoping to get everything running before the gathering of Turbos in Milton Keynes on Sept 30th.
Best, Colin.
Since completing my restoration of #68 in March this year we have had a mysterious running problem. Starting, tick-over, revving at a standstill are all fine, but when out on the road we seem to develop a running problem in that it almost stalls and refuses to pick up through the gears. This can happen after 100yds or 50 miles, just a random event. If we bring the car to a halt then we can freely rev the engine again, but when we move off it just stutters again. We have checked and renewed most obvious items under the bonnet including regulator, piping, etc, so we are now focusing on fuel pump and tank. Our current theory is that we have a faulty pump or we have some random rubbish floating around blocking the pump or tank pick-up pipe. So we are now renewing the pump (the current pump came with the car and looks pretty old), and then if that doesn’t solve the problem it’s off with the fuel tank to clean that out again. We did carry major repairs to the tank including internal sealer during restoration, but perhaps there's still some crud in there.
I've scanned through previous posts and it's clear the Turbo does present running challenges, but if anyone has other suggestions of things we should check they would be gratefully welcomed. Of course we are hoping to get everything running before the gathering of Turbos in Milton Keynes on Sept 30th.
Best, Colin.
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