Harrris303
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Hi everyone, I've recently replaced the manifolds on my series 3 lightweight and had the carb cleaned and rebuilt. After putting everything back on I found that the engine would idle nicely but misfire and sometimes stall on acceleration. I was told that this could be a leak somewhere around the inlet manifold/carb area so I took it all apart again and replaced all the gaskets and sealed them with silicone gasket stuff etc, which has improved things a bit, but the problem is still there.
Also it starts really quickly from cold but after a few seconds slows down and eventually dies, sometimes even with the choke fully out. This only usually happens the first time and then it starts fine, but misfires on acceleration.
So, basically I think I can eliminate the air leak thing. Just wondering what the other possibilities are? I'm going to check the spark plug gaps but I'm pretty sure they're ok. As for the rest of the ignition related stuff I'm a bit in the dark.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Cheers.
Also it starts really quickly from cold but after a few seconds slows down and eventually dies, sometimes even with the choke fully out. This only usually happens the first time and then it starts fine, but misfires on acceleration.
So, basically I think I can eliminate the air leak thing. Just wondering what the other possibilities are? I'm going to check the spark plug gaps but I'm pretty sure they're ok. As for the rest of the ignition related stuff I'm a bit in the dark.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Cheers.