1 matthewl@dinet.co. Tue Dec 3 23:10 43/1929 Rangie carb trouble 2 dwebb@waite.adelai Wed Dec 4 14:53 45/1717 Re: Rangie carb trouble ------------------------------ From: Matthew Loxton Subject: Rangie carb trouble Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 08:38:06 +-200 Help! This weekend we *fixed* my '87 Rangie and while it used to have a flat = spot on heavy acceleration. We found that the driver side carb metering = needle had been fiddled with and had retreated into its brass housing by = 5mm or so. This was repaired while we wait for replacement needle. It = seems that the carbs had been set up so that the passenger side carb was = actually doing most of the work. Now that the carbs are balanced, timing is spot on, advance working, the = flat spot covers almost *any* form of acceleration. From pull-away up to = ~15-20 Km/h it pulls fine, from 20km/h power disappears and any demand = for acceleration makes power vanish in a fluttery sort of way. If acceleration is applied sloooooowly, everything is sort of ok and = 120Km/h can be reached, but still, if I hit the pedal, it immediately = loses power. I have about run out of ideas, any thoughts anybody? Matthew Loxton Yellow Peril S-III going fine Green Pumpkin Rangie, sick sick sick matthewl@dinet.co.za ------------------------------ From: Daryl Webb Subject: Re: Rangie carb trouble Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 09:27:08 +1030 (CDT) According to Matthew Loxton: > Now that the carbs are balanced, timing is spot on, advance working, the = > flat spot covers almost *any* form of acceleration. From pull-away up to = > 120Km/h can be reached, but still, if I hit the pedal, it immediately = > loses power. 1st thought, is the dashpot oil of appropriate viscosity, I've found that engine oil is fine under most circumstances, but heavier stuff 40/70 seems to provide better accell. (of course I could be imagining it). no dashpot oil leads to very sluggish performance :-) 2nd thought. are all of the breather and vent ports clear and appropriately vented, a blocked float chamber vent will make CD's very unhappy Oh I've just realised I'm thinking CD'd I guess most also applies to SU's Best of luck -- Daryl Webb (dwebb@waite.adelaide.edu.au) ------------------------------ END OF LAND ROVER OWNER DIGEST Input: messages 2 lines 88 [forwarded 4 whitespace 21] Output: lines 114 [content 36 forwarded 4 (cut 0) whitespace 21]