Re: Carb problem

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T.R.E. Jr." <T_R_E_Jr@domain.elided>
To: "Ryan Moore" <baradium@domain.elided>; "ihc-digest" <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 22:20
Subject: Re: Carb problem


> ---If you are talking about the "flat spot" just above idle, some have
> associated it with a weak spring on the accelerator pump. It has been
said,
> by two or three on the Digest, that wrapping the spring with electrical
tape
> gets rid of the problem.
>

I assume you are talking about throttle response?  I'm talking about a
constant throttle condition.

> ---Have you considered water in your fuel? Fuel can come fresh out of the
> tank at the station with water in it, not saying your tank is bad or the
> weather has been crap. My Scout acts extremely grumpy when there is the
> slightest bit of water in the fuel... just as you describe. Terrible fuel
> consumption, rough idle, bad response, seems to go away at higher RMPs,
but
> then again it only seemed* to go away, and at times, even so much as chug,
> sputter and backfire.
>

I guess it could be that, but I'm on my fourth tank of gas since I started
really noticing the symptoms.  They seem worse now than when they first
started.  And since I've been moving around all fill ups have been at
different stations.  None closer than 25 miles from another, first fill up
here in TN, two in GA, and one here in TN again today.


> ---Thank you,
> -T.R.E.Jr.
> -`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
> -`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
> -`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a compressor)
> -`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan (Papapalooza)
>

Thanks,
Ryan