my car keeps cutting out
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hi guys hope you can help my car starts up fine runs for say 1 min then just cuts out but then you can start it straight back up againwhen its cutting out you can give it some throttle but it doesnt do asnything. i have taken the engine from my mk1 metro and put it into my g reg 1 is there anything diffrent it can iether be fuel or its loosing spark i guess please help thanxs lads

check that you have oil in the carb dashpot.

Speedster turbo under construction

yes got that

is your fuel pump wired up properly? not sure what system they use on them if its like the era circuit perhaps your fuel pump isnt running with the ignition on (pos 2)just running when the ignition is turned to crank (pos3) this fills the carb and will run for a while to check your circuit just give the pump a live and earth from the battery and see if it runs for longer butDO NOT drive the car with the pump wired up like this.
if this works check the oil pressure switch is the correct one (there are mini and metro ones both work opposite).

if this doesnt work check fuel pressure carb carb balance pipe all the usual stuff written in many posts.

good look

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

what minime said.

Speedster turbo under construction

See the description of fuel pump circuit on our website under 'Technical' on LH side.
http://www.eraturbo.com
Hope this helps.
kayball