Toucan Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 It happened again the other day, god damm it sounds horrible. if ti runs on that bad its better for your engine jus to put it in 4th and stall it Are you able to expand on how to do this safely without launching forward? Anyone else no anything about it? I cant afford to pay anyone to tune my engine professionally, I did a few checks and it seems to be all tuned properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240KGT Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 put car into 4th gear and with foot on brake pedal slowley let out clutch and hey presto no running on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Its not so,ehting simple like it's running too hot or the choke cord is being pulled back by something else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 what fuel do u have? my 1600 was running on when i first put it in , changed to 96 and presto no more running on, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted December 26, 2004 Author Share Posted December 26, 2004 Running 96 and it only ever does it on the odd ocassion, I think it is running to hot sometimes, in the process of sorting out an electric radiator fan. Its not the choke cause I got rid of that. Is it caused by the engine running too hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Yeah it can be, if it gets too hot, the fuel keeps igniting, and it keeps running, fuel keeps flowing in there, etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 is the timing set right? i had a problem with the 1600 overheating and it was cos the timing was too far retarded man did it get hot quickly!!!, iunno just my input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 i think its caused by the valves being to hot.. and that can be caused by bad timing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted December 26, 2004 Author Share Posted December 26, 2004 Well while I'm driving the engine temp is fine, its just when I turn it off, and then start it up again after like 5 mins or like waiting in traffic. The temp gauge goes right up to the top and then creeps down to normal as I get moving. I'm 99% sure my ignition timing is set correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 i had the same problem, it was the vacuum advance on my dizzy. solved by disconnecting the vacuum hose between the carb and distributor. its a pretty half arsed way of fixin it but ah well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 when you turn your car off and turn it back on the temp always goes right up cos the cooling system is not on when the car is off and the heat goes all through the engine .. as long as it cools down as you start the car up and run it a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FUKD50 Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 My mates rolla was doing that. it was funny . one day we timed it and it went for over five minutes. then we were hungry so we stuck it in gear. sorry i was no help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 My car does it on 91 and 96 octane, and just started doing it a little on 98. Jerm and I attempted to tune it today so i'll see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYKOV6 Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 sometimes after running is caused by a build up of carbon on the valves or pistons it gets so hot during driving that when you turn the engine off the carbon is still red hot and is hot enough to ignite the fuel still being delivered by the carb the more it runs on the more fuel and so on and so on. check your timing, slow the idle down slightly if its a bit fast or run some fuel system cleaner thru it some have deturgants that clean off carbon deposits just read the container to see which ones have the cleaner. hope that helps dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted December 28, 2004 Author Share Posted December 28, 2004 Cheers Dave, thats exactly what my old man said. But no I dont think its that as I scraped all the carbon off the pistons when I had them out, I doubt that more would have built up yet. Yea the temp goes down real quick but I think I'll invest in a fan to keep it down even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 I have had three ford motors in my escort now, the 1300 the 1600 and the 2000. They have all done it when not tuned right and the 2000 still does it (but that motor is fuct) I just wound the idle down slightly and retarded the timming a bit. Seemed to fix it with the 1300 and 1600. the 2l i dnt give a fuk bout so i just stall it. And yeah, it only does it when its hot in mine too. I always just turn it of just before you want to stop and roll to a stop. that way it just sounds normalish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chevysrocknroll Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 sounds like your engines pre igniting. when you scraped your pistons were the starting to melt. did you have a look at the bottoms of your valves and see if they were still round. Get a new engine. a v8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Im Probably wrong but isnt this called dieseling when it runs on? I found a little thing on my parts car called an anti dieseling solenoid which is a valve which stays closed while the motors running but opens when you switch it off to stop it stuttering and choking etc. its sitting in my shed somewhere, i could find it for you if you were keen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted February 6, 2005 Author Share Posted February 6, 2005 Nah cheers for the offer but it hasn't done it for ages now so I won't be needing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Razor Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Did you install or swap alternators? if you swap an external regulated alternator with internal one and did not remove the external regulator this may result similar to you problem. or You may have the wire from the positive on the alternator directly feeding to the coil positive. or faulty ignition switch or faulty ignition barrel my best bet is the regulator thing let us know when you fix the problem good luck Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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