tirediplomat
New Member
Hi folks,
I'm new on the forum, and a relatively new Land Rover owner. Last week I took my first long(ish) journey in my 1984 Series III (2.25 petrol). From Birmingham to Scotland and back - about 600 miles total. She did it, with almost no complaints! But it sucked the life out of her, and she died as soon as she'd completed her job and got me home. Cough, sputter, spit...done. I'm very thankful she got me home, and now I need to patch her up, and I need some help!
She'd just got a pretty intensive service from Liveridge, to the tune of £1,200, which actually didn't include a tune up, but did include a new Weber. She was running OK, and I'd done most of the electrics prior - including points, coil, etc. I thought she was in pretty good shape for the trip. But towards the end, she was lacking lots of power, stalling at idle, sputtering, and backfiring...like she was running too rich...way too rich. At the end, she wouldn't run at all at low rpms and I had to keep her revving and slipping the clutch to nurse her home after I came off the motorway.
I finally nosed around today and pulled the plugs (among other checks). They were thick with black carbon. My theory is that running up and down the M6 at 98% throttle for most of the trip is the source of my woes, and maybe the fuel air mixture wasn't right and she built up too much carbon black - although I could be completely wrong. I brushed off the plugs and things were better, but she's still around 50% power at low rpms, improving as rpms build.
So what do I try next? Should I just do a full tune up (a first for me), assuming she kinda fell outta tune during the trip? Run some alcohol through the system?
Would be great to get some advice on extended motorway running as well...from the you brave lot out there!
I had a lot of fun...hoping to do it again!
Thanks,
Aaron
I'm new on the forum, and a relatively new Land Rover owner. Last week I took my first long(ish) journey in my 1984 Series III (2.25 petrol). From Birmingham to Scotland and back - about 600 miles total. She did it, with almost no complaints! But it sucked the life out of her, and she died as soon as she'd completed her job and got me home. Cough, sputter, spit...done. I'm very thankful she got me home, and now I need to patch her up, and I need some help!
She'd just got a pretty intensive service from Liveridge, to the tune of £1,200, which actually didn't include a tune up, but did include a new Weber. She was running OK, and I'd done most of the electrics prior - including points, coil, etc. I thought she was in pretty good shape for the trip. But towards the end, she was lacking lots of power, stalling at idle, sputtering, and backfiring...like she was running too rich...way too rich. At the end, she wouldn't run at all at low rpms and I had to keep her revving and slipping the clutch to nurse her home after I came off the motorway.
I finally nosed around today and pulled the plugs (among other checks). They were thick with black carbon. My theory is that running up and down the M6 at 98% throttle for most of the trip is the source of my woes, and maybe the fuel air mixture wasn't right and she built up too much carbon black - although I could be completely wrong. I brushed off the plugs and things were better, but she's still around 50% power at low rpms, improving as rpms build.
So what do I try next? Should I just do a full tune up (a first for me), assuming she kinda fell outta tune during the trip? Run some alcohol through the system?
Would be great to get some advice on extended motorway running as well...from the you brave lot out there!
I had a lot of fun...hoping to do it again!
Thanks,
Aaron
