my car's acting up :(

[TRD_NOVA]

sometimes when I drive, the car chuggs a bit, like there's not enough full going into it, I put the throttle down and it goes, "ur ur ur", even after 30 minutes of driving. I have to really flaw it to get her going, even when I go upto 20mph in first gear, and shift into second, still does it.

Does anyone have any idea on what's wrong. She's a 1.2L carbed engine.

[newboy2thenova]

hi m8 have u tryed cleaning the carb?? plugs n leads??

[General Baxter]

got a K&N?

[mattm]

Got a similer problem with my 1.4L. Ive got a K&N, tho mine is also a bitch to start aswell, and takes a few times to get her going... Also going up hills it struggles and chokes etc... Someone said that the choke on my carb is sticking??? Anyone shed light on this? Cheers

[TRD_NOVA]

no K&N, I got a 60s muscle car edition black thing :|

I bet my car is running very lean, no wonder it was sold for ?325. But I have no clue, im guessing this cus I need to have the choke out all the time so it doesn't do that, even after ages driving :|

[robb]

Check fuel pump then check condition of plugs against the table in the back of a haynes manual to give you an idea. Also
hi m8 have u tryed cleaning the carb?? could be it, although I have had a really old 1.8 with carb on and that was minging but still went very well.

[TRD_NOVA]

fuel pump?

It's a carbed engine, not fuel injected

[Alpine99]

my car does it all the time, coz its been ragged :!:

when driving put your clutch right the way down and floor it a couple of times, this cleans all the rubbish out of your carb.

[nam]

fuel pump?

It's a carbed engine, not fuel injected
its on the left hand side of the engine at the top mate sticks out from the top of the cam case, it works of your cam.

Nam

[robb]

Yep thats the one, it has a diaphragm thing iside which can split rendering the pump useless and not delivering enough pressure and fuel. I have a few spare if you are not too far from monmouth s england wales border.

Thinking about it I had a K&N on my 1.4 an this did it when it was raining hard. You may want to try cleaning the filter as it could be poor air flow. Mine was just gutless then you floor it for a while and would clear then go properly.