Rich Running and Flooding and restart problems with ERA Turbo
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Hi

Having a mare with an ERA I have, it runs rich no matter how much you lean it off, if you leave it to idle it will start pumping soot out the back stink of fuel and then die, restart is impossible unless you remove fuel pipe and block it crank for a min or so and then it will catch and fire, its obviously flooding but why.

Checked and I have 4psi at carb, plugs are new and correct champions, rotor cap and leads are new.

I have never had this running correctly as I imported it from Japan a few weeks ago, when running it drives ok, and boosts to .5 bar ok. (this is before messing with it trying to lean if off this weekend)

My gut feeling is the carb is shot, but the ussual test for a hif to take dashpot of and see if you get fuel out of the jet doesnt show fuel when pump is running, but then turbo hif is different maybe fuel is going elsewhere!!!

Any help much appreciated,

I have a spare carb which i can fit but have to work out how the hell you get the one on it off, as it has air con and stuff on it and getting near the plenum is interesting!!!

Paul

sounds similar to what my car was doing

the carb jet (needle valve?) was playing me up, you need to take off the carb to change it, but its quite simple

The needle valve could be stuck open or very worn. Try removing the live wire to the fuel pump, now start the engine and run it until it until it stops {uses all the fuel in the carb}. Now turn the fuel pump on and allow it to fill the carb. I found this wash of fresh fuel usually cleans the dirt off the needle valve and allows it to seat, if this is the problem .....

Phil.

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May be on a normal one on my roof chopped turbo its easy enough, this ERA has air con and fuel tank vent returs via carbon cartridge under the bonnet like the injections, space is lets say....errr limited...

did you get fuel coming out of your jet, or does the extra fuel manage to go down the balance pipe to or the little drilling from the float chamber to the engine side of the butterfly?

glad I'm not alone.

Paul

have to take the fuel pipe of the carb everytime I want to start it unless its been sat a couple of days.

Paul

yep, thats exactly what i had to do

i think i was told that there has been a modification to them now which makes them much better

but try phils method first

i like the sound of the roof chop, got any pictures of your cars?

yay i was first to diagnose a problem

Edited by Nic on 17th Apr, 2005.

yes how do I post them.

I have a roof chopped clubby with a turbo in bit fo a project not completed yet, but engine in and running.

Green ERA Uk spec but came back from Japan where it went from new.

Black Jap spec ERA with aircon

3 Jap RSP coopers

1 Uk RSP cooper s

1600 vauxhall rally mini with twin 40's

some other projects.

an understanding wife

Paul

also could be the choke seals gone hard and leaking or the choke arm hitting the heatsheild and not returning

had both of those problems, one sorted with a carb rebuild, the other by tweaking the heatsheild. (if you nneed a carb rebuild kit i have some sat here )

u a bit of a mini fan then skolawn? And repairing the one is enough for me let alone 8!!!

Yup bit of a mini fan, bit of a problem I just keep buying them, forgot about red shed my 72 GT in round nose shell and black 1980 GT project the deseamed shell and a mini 1000 I have stashed somewhere..

Iain sent me your paypal thingy and how much I need to send you for a rebuild kit and gaskets.

Thanks

Paul