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Right, so was having some intermittent issues with my 1983 1.9 petrol W/box T25 upon starting up, changed the manifold gasket, serviced the carb (SOLEX 34 PICT 5) and set it all up took me a while mind but got there in the end, also had an issue where it wouldn't then realised there was another adjusting screw for the hot idle so got that sorted - purrs like a kitten on the driveway cold and also up the temp now, but taking it for a spin it still managed to stall and cut out was wondering if anybody had any ideas what the cause could be? I have a new fuel pump although changed back to the old one because didn't seem to make much difference during the carb issues I had, could try changing it back to the new but worked far too long on the thing for one week!

Thanks for any help.

Cheers,
George

Have you checked all the vacuum hoses and the vacuum advance on the distributor? A perforated vac advance will cause it to stall when ever you slow down or stop at a junction for example.

Also the vac pipe to the brake servo can cause these symptoms if it’s leaking or damage, or indeed not connected well

Have you checked that fuel is getting to the pump from the tank? Is the fuel filter ok?

Difficult to diagnose without actually being there but don't fix/change more than one thing at a time so you don't inadvertantly slip in another fault on your way. Plus make sure to mark/count turns on any adjustments you may make. OK Granny

Mr Bean wrote:Difficult to diagnose without actually being there but don't fix/change more than one thing at a time so you don't inadvertantly slip in another fault on your way. Plus make sure to mark/count turns on any adjustments you may make. OK Granny

Well put .
The art of fault finding diagnostics is to only do one thing at once , start at one point and work your way along