Weird "cough"

COA said:

Guys, not all the time but every so often when I am out driving the 90 she gets this weird "cough". I am motoring along nicely and there is a sudden total loss of power, if I release the accelerator and then reapply the accelerator the engine runs fine. When this happens it is normal for it to happen several times within a few minutes and eventually the coughing fit passes and it all works fine.

I had wondered whether I had alot of sediment in my fuel tank because she is old (1984) and the previous owners did very low miles (two thousand a year or less for a decade) and I am now using her more. Just wondering if on some journeys I am unsettling sediment and causing a fuel blockage?

Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions on what to check?

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COA said:

Andy - love the new photo of you in that mud pool. My nice new yellow strap got truely christened!!

I will take a look at the fuel filter. The weird thing is that the last coughing fit was on the way home from Granby when I got upto speed (50 mph) on the Fosse Way heading back to Cheltenham. But if it is sediment then why did I not experience it when we were messing around at Granby? I was stuck in the mud and the 90 was reving and any sediment would have been truely mixed up. So why did the coughing fit not occur until I was back on the tarmac and doing 50 mph????

I think I am on FB, I will send you an email if I work out my username.....I am not very socially media wise!

BTW - snorkel is going on this weekend along with repaired extended breathers. Ready for the next day out.

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